U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is not known for adherence to a disciplined and rigorous personnel selection process, but behind the scenes, his advisers and allies have been preparing lists of candidates for the most important jobs in his administration.
Three days after he decisively won a second term, Trump held his first formal transition meetings Friday to turn his attention to the choices he faces.
He is most keenly interested, aides and advisers say, in a handful of roles: attorney general, CIA director, White House counsel and secretaries of Defense, State and Homeland Security. At one point during the 2024 campaign, he demanded the resignation of FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom he had appointed in 2017.
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