Posted on 12/24/2017 11:29:02 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The FBI's top lawyer, James Baker, was abruptly reassigned within the bureau last week. Though the move was not unexpected, national-security experts and former intelligence officials are questioning its timing and whether it was a politically-motivated decision in response to pressure from President Donald Trump and his allies. Trump and his defenders have ratcheted up their attacks on career officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice in recent weeks.
The sudden reassignment of the FBI's top lawyer, James Baker, last week was not necessarily unexpected.
When FBI Director Chris Wray was appointed to replace James Comey after Comey was fired in May, it was widely understood that he would bring in his own team, including a new general counsel and, potentially, a new deputy.
The timing of Baker's reassignment, however — and a controversial Politico piece published on Friday — has led some former Justice Department and FBI officials to wonder whether it was, at least partially, a political decision made under mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and his allies.
"I have no problem with the idea that Wray should pick his own team over time, including his own general counsel," said Benjamin Wittes, an expert in national security law and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has known Baker for years.
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The only pucker factor I see is from the Deep Staters caught attempting a coup.
Business Insider is a leftist outlet.
Says the liar John Brennan.
Lol.
“’tis only a flesh wound...”
Trump is mopping the floor with them, but he’s supposed to fear them?
LOL
Who needs the Funny Papers Section when the whole paper has now become the Funny Papers.
If Trump feared them, he would not be on Twitter mocking them at this time.
Hahahahaaaaa.
I think the only thing Trump fears is harm coming to his family.
The fact he gave up a comfortable life and risked his mortal flesh to MAGA shows he does not fear death
If people in the FBI are playing politics why can’t the President play politics. We watched Obama play politics for 8 years.
Far left wing trash.
It will take a long determined effort to root out the Obama commissars from the FBI and other Federal agencies. Until this hard work is completed, the swamp remains toxic.
I am hoping McCabe gets to experience and enjoy prison sex in the near future.
He’s fearful that they’ll suicide before they see the inside of a jail
Headline writer mixed up her words. Should have been “They Fear Trump.”
Trump and his defenders have ratcheted up their attacks on SEDITIOUS career officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice in recent weeks.
If the decision to reassign him was political then that implies that his own behavior has been political and Trump is not responsible for that. If the FBI plays politics then it should not be surprised if it boomerangs on them.
DJT really rattled the cage. He must be over the target....lolol
Exactly. Her thinking process is completely bass-ackwards.
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