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To: vette6387

Nope. He does serve for a ten year term, but he serves “at the pleasure of the president”.
It’s unusual to fire the FBI director, but it’s been done and if anyone deserves the boot it’s James Comey.


20 posted on 09/28/2016 12:05:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

I stand corrected, Read This:

28 U.S.C. section 532 provides that the Attorney General may appoint the Director of the FBI. No limitation is placed on the ability of the AG to fire the FBI director. As such, the AG may fire the FBI director at will.

If the President wanted to, the President could fire the FBI director by asking the AG to do so. Congress need not approve.


26 posted on 09/28/2016 12:15:08 PM PDT by vette6387
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