The fact is that Trump and Barr have the authority to fire every US Attorney in the federal government if they want to, but they have to take into account political considerations too, since they may need Congress to approve replacements.
The best way around this is to just fire everyone you want to fire on day one of the administration, because then it’s understood to be part of the transition and even if Congress gets upset, they generally let it slide. Trump missed the boat on that back in 2016, probably because he was listening to some GOPe advisors who told him not to rock the boat. He’ll have another opportunity in a few months; if he misses that, he has nobody to blame but himself.
Both Clinton and Obama did exactly as you suggest.
It should become SOP for all Republicans as well.
We need to quit playing by Marquis de Queensbury rules.
Trump missed the boat on that back in 2016, probably because he was listening to some GOPe advisors who told him not to rock the boat.
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Yep, one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency but one that he’ll hopefully have a chance to soon rectify. He also needs to immediately start laying the foundation for a new political party that represents conservatives. The GOP is never, ever going to be the party that we so desperately need.
I agree with you.
Trump didn’t realize the corruption is so deep and widespread.
I used to think my tinfoil hat was too tight. Now I think I should have made it out of non-Newtonian material and fitted it with cannons...
All they need is the Republican Senate to approve replacements. I guess that would be a problem since Mitch is very careful to only approve swampers. And funny when Bill Clinton fired all 93 US attorney, it wasn’t a problem some how. Obama got the fire in the US attorneys IGs or military generals he please. Again, no problem.