“Trump can damn sure appoint a new director after firing the jerk for cause.”
Yes he absolutely can fire Comey, he was complicit
I’ve seen some pundits wondering why he read off ALL those charges of criminal activity and then said ‘however’ and did absolutely nothing, as if he somehow wanted to bring charges but was prevented. Not true, hes their useful pasty white ‘conservative’ male, they always have a few of them on hand to deflect/absorb any blame when their caught, remember William Cohen,
Its obvious to me he did it because Hillary feared that others in the FBI not corrupted would begin a weekly trickle of leaks all the way to election day detailing her crimes and what they actually had on her, by spewing a carefully edited version all out at once at this ‘news conference’ they would be able to claim ‘old news’ if anyone ever later tried to recite them against her,
It is hard to fire an FBI director they are appointed for a term.
I think that charges weren’t brought because you can’t pardon someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m hoping that he is around long enough after Trump is president to be able to charge Hillary via the new Attorney General who will likely be Christie.