More from TPM - "Trump asked DOJ for a Rationale"

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-asked-doj-for-a-rationale

By JOSH MARSHALL Published MAY 9, 2017 7:04 PM

Just a few moments ago Jeff Zeleny reported this on CNN (rush transcript) …

This was a very closely kept credit at the White House. I’m told only a handful of top advisories knew this was coming. I am told moments ago that the President himself has been considering this, been thinking about this for at least a week. Did not necessarily have the rationale when they first started talking about but then asked the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to look for that rationale and that explanation. And that is what we got this afternoon. The timing of this, of course, so interesting, Erin because the Russian investigation front and center, it is one of the things that aggravates this president more than anything at all.

Emphasis added.

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1. They plagarized the only prior firing of the FBI Director

"But only one of those directors was ever fired by a president — William S. Sessions who had been appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, but who was beset by allegations of ethics violations, such as disguising private vacations as law enforcement business, and using a chauffeured government limousine for personal transportation.
Because firing an FBI director is certain to bring accusations of playing politics with law enforcement against any president who chooses to do so, Clinton repeatedly asked Sessions to resign his post. But Sessions refused to step down.

So in July of 1993, saying that he had been advised by then-attorney general Janet Reno that Sessions “can no longer effectively lead the bureau and law enforcement community,” Clinton fired the FBI director — eventually appointing Freeh in his place"

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2. Sorry-link

http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/james-comey-fired-fbi-director-hillary-clinton-email-private-server-influence-election/

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3. OH, the irony. I bet having to use this rationale

was painful for Rump. That the reason for the week's delay?

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