Mike Rogers in consideration for FBI chief after meeting in Mar-a-Lago with Trump transition team, sources say

The meeting took place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Rogers, who worked as a special agent with the FBI in its Chicago office and served as chair of the House Intelligence Committee during the final four years of his decade-long tenure in Congress, was interviewed in 2017 during Trump's first administration to serve as FBI director after James Comey was dismissed.

Trump, throughout his 2024 White House bid, campaigned in part on cleaning house at the FBI and has repeatedly claimed - without providing proof - that the bureau is chocked full of politically motivated and corrupt executives. And while not as much as others, Wray at times has been a target of Trump's criticism.

"Mike Rogers would make a ton of sense as FBI Director for President Trump. Mike's years of service for the bureau as well as his time as House Intelligence Chairman make him highly qualified for the position, one that I'm sure he would be honored to serve in under this administration and help bring integrity back to the DOJ [Department of Justice]," a source familiar told Fox News.

Rogers, a well known face on the cable news networks, in 2022 and early 2023 mulled a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and made multiple stops in crucial early nominating states, like New Hampshire and Iowa, before deciding against a White House run.

He launched his 2024 Senate run in battleground Michigan in September of last year and early this year landed Trump's endorsement. Rogers was narrowly defeated last week by Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the race to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.

Another name that has been floated in media reports to potentially serve as FBI director in the second Trump administration is Kash Patel, the controversial aide and adviser who served roles at the National Security Council and Defense Department during the final two years of Trump's first administration.