With Gaetz out as attorney general pick, Trump's right flank looks for a new ally at FBI

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : One possible option remains picking someone easier to confirm for the top job, and then Trump can install his loyalist Patel as deputy director, a job that for years has been filled by a career FBI agent and not a political appointee.
43% : On Thursday evening, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe - reviled by Trump and many of his allies - endorsed the potential pick on air.
21% : The very talk of removing Wray, whom Trump appointed in 2017 after firing the previous director, shows how much Trump is dispensing with norms.
14% : "The dustup surrounding a potential Rogers pick highlights the conundrum Trump faces as he searches for a suitable replacement for FBI Director Christopher Wray, who still has three years left in his term but whom Trump has previously vowed to fire.
8% : Allies collected old clips of Rogers, a former House Intelligence chairman, on television and archived tweets from him disparaging Trump and sent them to the transition team and aides to Trump.

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