FBI/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday [6-7-17] morning to break the news about his pick for FBI director.
‘Details to follow,’ he wrote at the end of his 128-character announcement of a major appointment.
But for hours, the details didn’t follow, with the White House breaking from the thorough communications roll out that would typically accompany the announcement of a major personnel pick.
It wasn’t until five hours after Trump’s tweet that the White House finally issued a statement announcing Trump’s intent to nominate Christopher Wray to serve as FBI director.
Trump’s Twitter announcement Wednesday morning appeared to have caught most of Washington — if not most of the White House — by surprise.”
-Jeremy Diamond, “Trump’s tweet tapping FBI chief catches Washington off-guard,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 7, 2017 01:20pm