If theyd been doing it by the book then the President would not have been involved at all.
According to the press, it is treasonable and actionable that the FBI director dare talk to the president.
An entire paragraph was redacted. No doubt it had something to do with the dossier.
Not true, the FBI is not an independent agency. The president has a constitutional right to know every step of an investigation, to order an investigation started or stopped.