Judge Merrick Garland wears glasses, speaks softly, and stands well under six feet tall. But while Obama’s former Supreme Court nominee doesn’t strike an imposing figure, Garland has a razor-sharp legal mind, one that Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wants put to use leading the FBI.

The White House has been crowdsourcing Capitol Hill to help find a new FBI director, and on Thursday Lee tweeted that President Trump “should nominate Merrick Garland to replace James Comey.”

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