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17 posted on 03/08/2017 5:10:26 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)

It is a presidential appt. it can be undone

20 posted on 03/08/2017 5:20:30 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)

Impeached for cause? Someone watching-the-watchers has a dossier on Comey.

25 posted on 03/08/2017 5:29:56 PM PST by Ozark Tom ( If you give a mouse a cookie, HeÂ’s going to ask for a glass of milk.)

According to a 2014 report by the Congressional Research Service, “there are no statutory conditions on the President’s authority to remove the FBI Director.” In other words, the President can indeed fire the FBI director. An FBI director can also be removed by congress, through the impeachment process.

Because firing an FBI director is certain to bring accusations of playing politics with law enforcement against any president who chooses to do so, Clinton repeatedly asked William Sessions to resign his post. But Sessions refused to step down.

So in July of 1993, saying that he had been advised by then-attorney general Janet Reno that Sessions “can no longer effectively lead the bureau and law enforcement community,” Clinton fired the FBI director — eventually appointing Freeh in his place.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf

54 posted on 03/08/2017 6:47:05 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)

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