Posted on 05/09/2017 4:19:59 PM PDT by Fhios
I think Trump has enough cover for Firing Comey. In fact I think it shows the real genius of Trump.
The Democrats have called for Comey to be fired on several occasions and were highly critical of him.
Trump didn't fire him within the first month because the heat would be to great.
Trump waited about 4 months before firing him and actually firing him during a convergence of confluences. Regarding Hillary's reappearance and continued criticism of Comey, the media jumping on that band wagon, the continued criticism from the Democrats and the admissions that there is no evidence of Trump colluding with Russia.
By waiting he gave Comey the opportunity to come clean, but his last hearing testimony it was clear he was not.
Immediately appoint Trey Gowdy to head the FBI and this issue ceases to exist.
Then they are going through his office as we speak. You only fire someone while they are away to get unfettered access. This was planned.
William Bratton of the Homeland Security Advisory Council is a leading candidate and I don’t believe he has a law degree.
Yeah but really, haven’t we had enough with lawyers running things. Id love for Clarke to be FBI Director, we need a new Sheriff in town..enough inside the beltway hacks I want fresh meat
Schumer: I’ve lost confidence in FBI director - 11/02/16
That is not only unconfirmed, but unlikely.
The official statement I heard was that the letter was hand delivered to Comey's office, as well as sent electronically.
Is Comey's Executive secretary that incompetent? FBI headquarters doesn't have secure phones to stay in touch with the director?
Maddow is harping about Sessions recusing himself from Hillary and the election amd now criticizes his direction as AG to the President recommending Comey’s removal.
The press needs to refocus on the Clintons having fired Sessions as Director of the FBI and the Friends of Bill list when Boorda and Colby both turned up dead under Clinton’s regime.
It appears Sessions may have been uniquely qualified to identify collusion between an FBI Director and the Clintons, and honest enough to tell the President when enough was enough.
Next question...Will Comey become a Friend of Bill?.. or just another wealthy acquaintance?
FWIW 2 different Sessions.
Jeff Sessions is AG having come u from AG in Alabama since 1994, and a Senator of Alabama, while the FBI Director fired by Clinton was William Sessions, the Director of the FBI during Ruby Ridge and the Waco Branch Davidian compound assault.
Lucky Trump didn’t just Tweet it.
Here is the job description of the FBI Director: Recommends indictments (hence needing to be a lawyer), run actual investigations of many kinds (open and clandestine) which entails knowing and understanding the law and I could go on.
This is why Clarke will never even be considered for the position.
I think that's incorrect. The FBI director (and the FBI in general) categorically does not "recommend indictments". This is something they specifically are supposed to avoid doing, and it's why Comey was criticized initially back in June of 2016.
What the FBI is supposed to do is to conduct investigations and then submit their evidence and findings to the Justice Department, and it is that entity, via the use of prosecutors and grand juries, which decides whether to recommend and issue indictments.
This, recommending indictments (or recommending that they not be issued) is precisely what the FBI doesn't do, if I understand things correctly.
The FBI investigates, and the Justice Department indicts in order to bring criminals to justice...
Perhaps slightly less embarrassing than being seen being walked out of the building.
Louis Freeh was Director FBI during Waco seige.
Lindsay Graham just mentioned Kelly Ayotte as head ofFBI.
I don’t remember, so I looked it up. Wikipedia, indicates Freeh came in after Sessions and conducted an investigation into the Waco incident. I had based my timeline off the Wikipedia profiles of Sessions and Freeh. Wikipedia isn’t always correct, though.
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