If they do not follow instructions no one will fault President Trump for firing them. Fire them all at the slightest misstep!
“no one will fault President Trump for firing them”
I don’t think you thought that one through...
Now Trump has got their tender parts in a vice.
Damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
This should be check-mate.
Now for the ‘cassis belli’ [Latin for ‘reason to fight’] ...
It can indeed appear corrupt if you fire someone for being a whistle blower. But if you fire someone for HIDING information, that’s righteous by almost any definition.
If they claim ‘ongoing investigation’ or ‘national security’, it would be like the sheriff in ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ — ‘I’ve been in hot pursuit for the last thousand miles.’