Sandoval’s name floated as possible FBI director

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez, Las Vegas Sun

Gov. Brian Sandoval was named in an NBC News blog as a potential candidate to head the FBI after Director James Comey was ousted Tuesday.

Sandoval was one of three options the blog writers said would swiftly move through congressional confirmation due to being picks “without reproach,” journalists Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann wrote.

It wasn’t immediately clear how they reached their conclusion or if it’s mere speculation.

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