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What's next for the FBI and the GOP?

Hello again, the moment I'll hear, and this is To the Point. President Trump says he might

appoint a new FBI director before his first overseas trip starts on Friday.

Potential nominees were interviewed over the weekend, including at least two Republicans serving in the House and the Senate.

But that's not all we'll hit about on today's program. The president's own explanation of why he fired James Comey has been called obstruction of justice.

Some conservatives are outraged at the Republicans who dominate Congress but aren't exercising

the separation of power by considering impeachment.

Trump might stem the controversy by his choice of a new FBI leader, but Democrats still want

an independent investigation of Russia's campaign hacking.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

Conservatives and some Republicans are criticizing the president for what they call the mess he made in firing FBI director James Comey. We'll hear about a potential successor, the possibility of obstruction of justice, and the constitutional separation of powers.

First, this news update. A big victory for voting rights advocates at the Supreme Court today, at least for the moment, the court declined to take up the ruling of a lower court that North Carolina's voter ID law is unconstitutional.

David Graham is staff writer at the Atlantic. He's based in North Carolina. Great to have you back on our program.

It's great to be back. The lower court said that this was an unconstitutional effort to target African Americans with almost surgical precision, but it's not all just about voter

ID. That's right. Some of the more important parts of this law concerned shortening the early voting

period, eliminating the opportunity to register on the same day you vote,

and a few other provisions like that, as a matter of fact.

So it had a lot to going for it.

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