Lieberman Front-Runner For FBI Director: Report

Former Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has emerged as a front-runner for the top FBI post, according to multiple media reports.

It is expected that President Donald Trump will name fired FBI Director James Comey's successor before he leaves on an international trip Friday, according to Politico.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Lieberman along with three other candidates are meeting with Trump Wednesday.

Liberman currently works at a law firm with Trump's longtime New York lawyer Marc Kasowitz.

Lieberman ran on the Democrat presidential ticket as Al Gore's vice president in 2000. The two won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. (To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts from more than 100 Connecticut communities click here.)

Lieberman first won a Senate seat in 1988.

He ran on the Democratic ticket for most of his career but became an independent candidate in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary election for U.S. Senate. He ultimately beat Democratic nominee Ned Lamont for the Senate seat. He retired from the Senate following that term.

Other candidates include Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI member Richard McFeely and former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Heating, who worked as an FBI agent.

Before his career in the Senate, Lieberman served as Connecticut Attorney General and in the state legislature. In 2008 he spoke at the Republican convention in support of GOP presidential nominee John McCain.

Comey was fired by Trump last week.

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