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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Senior Congressional Aide Says Chaffetz Tweeted Comey Letter Before Democrats Even Saw It [View all]Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)31. A President can fire the FBI director at will.
"according to a 2014 report* by the Congressional Research Service, there are no statutory conditions on the Presidents authority to remove the FBI Director. In other words, the President can indeed fire the FBI director. An FBI director can also be removed by congress, through the impeachment process."
* http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf
William S. Sessions is a good past example of a President firing a FBI director for ethics transgressions, included criticisms that he had used an FBI plane to travel to visit his daughter on several occasions, and had a security system installed in his home at government expense. Sounds bad, but IMO rather minor compared to trying to influence an election.
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BREAKING: Senior Congressional Aide Says Chaffetz Tweeted Comey Letter Before Democrats Even Saw It [View all]
bench scientist
Oct 2016
OP
Yes. I am born and raised in the Church... though we parted company years ago...
Raster
Oct 2016
#19
Dominionists have been saying for almost two decades that they'll do just this
Crash2Parties
Oct 2016
#23
Completely agree... although two in particular have made their anti-woman, anti-gay...
Raster
Oct 2016
#82
Time to share all about him on Twitter, Facebook and the rest of socail media
Maraya1969
Oct 2016
#17
He didn't just allow it to be leaked. He is the one who "leaked" it if you want to call it that.
LisaL
Oct 2016
#11
I picture her at a beltway cocktail party ridiculing what Michelle wears while gardening.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2016
#41
Chaffetz only re-endorsed trump a few days ago before the letter went public.
SleeplessinSoCal
Oct 2016
#25
Since he tweeted it would this make Chaffetz guilty of it as well since he is an elected official?
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#34
Chaffetz is the guy who switched to Trump because he liked Trumps "grab them by the ......." comment
JI7
Oct 2016
#47
The media universally condemned Hillary for saying Republicans got it first....
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2016
#51
Hillary covers her bases. She's smart and fact driven, unlike our most of our media.
bench scientist
Oct 2016
#52
I don't think it was "coincidence" that all of the Democratic Ranking members, who were cc'ed....
George II
Oct 2016
#61
I did finally see page 2, but I didn't realize there was a page 3! Even worse in that case.
George II
Oct 2016
#67
See my post 66. Doesn't even meet the lowest standards of general correspondence.
George II
Oct 2016
#70