dp0622 said: Trump kept Comey on. Any ideas why?
dp0622, I think that is a fair question after all.
While FBI directors are appointed for 10-year terms, they can be fired earlier. In 1993 Bill Clinton dismissed FBI Director William Sessions. Sessions had been the FBI Director for a little more than 5 years.
The trick - as far as the President is concerned - is to come up with a plausible reason for the firing.
failure to do his duty is plausible enough reason- as is overstepping his authority by declaring that there was ‘no intent’ t commit the felonies that hillary and huma committed- not only was that an asinine conclusion by comey- but it wasn’t his conclusion to make as FBI director
When an FBI director refuses to do their job, and takes a biased stand to protect someone in a partisan matter when it is clear that that person committed a felony- that is certainly plausible enough reason to fire
There is a mentality out there that the FBI and its director is a sort of internal affairs department that is tasked with watching the Presidents actions and making sure he’s kosher. The fact is that he is the presidents at-will employee.
The main constitutional watchdog over a president is a Congress that can impeach him. The FBI is way down on the constitutional food chain.
Comey should be fired for multiple instances of “Acting Stupidly”. QED.