Lieberman withdraws from consideration to be FBI director -Wall Street Journal
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WASHINGTON—Former US Senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has withdrawn from consideration to be the next director of the FBI, citing the potential for an appearance of a conflict of interest, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Lieberman cited his work at a New York law firm headed by Marc Kasowitz, the Journal reported. Kasowitz has been retained by Trump to be his private attorney as a special counsel probes possible ties between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
