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The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Richmond division is under consideration as the bureau’s interim director after the firing of James Comey.

Adam S. Lee was selected by Comey to lead the Richmond office in January 2014, not long after Comey took office in September 2013. The Richmond location, one of 56 division offices across the country, was the first Comey visited just a few days after his appointment as director.

Prior to Lee’s appointment to Richmond, he was the chief of the FBI’s Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section and oversaw the FBI’s global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and antitrust investigative programs.

Lee could not be reached for comment Thursday. He has been in Washington on temporary duty, said a spokeswoman.

According to the Justice Department, Lee was one of four to have been interviewed Wednesday to serve as the interim director in addition to Andrew McCabe, now the acting director.

The department said no timetable had been set. A permanent director must be confirmed by the Senate.