Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn John CornynSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-Texas) and Rep. Trey Gowdy Harold (Trey) Watson GowdySunday shows preview: Election integrity dominates as Nov. 3 nears Tim Scott invokes Breonna Taylor, George Floyd in Trump convention speech Sunday shows preview: Republicans gear up for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington MORE (R-S.C.) are two of nearly a dozen candidates on President Trump's shortlist to replace former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump's list of possible replacements for Comey includes several attorneys, lawmakers and law enforcement officials, the Associated Press reported Friday.

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, and acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe are among some of those being considered as candidates to replace Comey.

Cornyn, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, said in a statement Friday that the upper chamber is his top priority.

"I have the distinct privilege of serving 28 million Texans in the United States Senate, and that is where my focus remains," he said

Trump is reportedly mulling whether to name an interim FBI director from a group of current bureau officials, but would also nominate a permanent replacement for Comey in such a case.

Trump has been compiling a list of potential replacement for FBI Director since it was announced Tuesday night that he had fired Comey on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.