Washington (CNN) Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are interviewing four potential interim FBI directors Wednesday, according to a Justice Department official. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe assumed the position of acting director of the FBI on Tuesday by statute after James Comey was fired, and is one of those under consideration for interim director as well, the official explained. The official said the four people Sessions and Rosenstein plan to interview on Wednesday include: Michael Anderson, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago division;Paul Abbate, the executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch of the FBI;Adam Lee, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Richmond Division;William Evanina, the head of counterintelligence for the US government and the principal counterintelligence and security adviser to the director of national intelligenceAt least candidates are scheduled to be interviewed WednesdayA formal announcement of the decision should come soon -- later Wednesday or Thursday
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