Posted on 12/16/2020 4:31:37 PM PST by MarvinStinson
President Donald Trump has come so close to firing FBI Director Christopher Wray in recent months that the White House counsel’s office has warned him not to do so because it could put him in potential legal jeopardy, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the discussion and a U.S. official familiar with the discussion.
White House lawyers “strongly” advised Trump against firing another FBI director out of concern that doing so would risk creating the perception that a “loyalty test” was being imposed on a position that traditionally has maintained independence from the White House, according to the senior administration official.
The lawyers, led by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, specifically said that firing Wray could spark legal issues similar to those raised after Trump ousted James Comey as FBI director in 2017 in the midst of the Russia investigation, the officials said.
Their concern was that firing Wray could be seen as retaliation because the president has publicly pressured him to take specific actions on certain investigations — such as announcing a probe into President-elect Joe Biden’s son — and then expressed frustration that Wray has not followed his suggestions.
Trump’s firing of Comey, whom he’d asked to drop an investigation into his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, became a key part of the special counsel’s probe into whether he had obstructed justice.
As a result, the president’s legal team advised him against firing Wray, the officials said.
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And what was the result of that investigation and did Trump ask Comey to "drop" an investigation of Flynn?
We all said “how does President Trump live through a day when every radio,TV,newspaper,online source and politician berates and insults his every decision and every word?”
Well, someday very soon he may sit at his desk, put his hands flat on the desktop, look up and yell “You’re Fired! All of you!” and pull out documents firing everybody, with “And have a nice day” under the last list.
Latest news from the people who spent the past four years lying to you.
Fire
Wray
Tomorrow
Fake news if Trump fires him tomorrow who cares
Trump hired this guy. Another bonehead personnel decision.
If Barr were any good, Barr woulda done it months or more ago.
But Obama firing Michael Flynn was perfectly OK...
Horse manure.
Fire his sorry ass yesterday.
Yes this may be fake news. So then why hasn’t Trump fired Wray?
Trump has nothing left to lose at this point.
May as well fire him.
Don’t fire Wray?
Okay, have him exiled to Antarctica.
ABC NEWS = FAKE NEWS fire this bastard anyway NOW!!!
until Trump, FakeNewsMSM bragged POTUS was the “most powerful” person in the world.
once Trump was elected, FakeNewsMSM repeatedly said he was warned not to do this that or the other, not to think this that or the other, not to even tweet this that or the other!
One of the most profound failures of the Trump tenure has been the inability to surround himself with loyal,trustworthy and competent advisors and cabinet members.
Trump always seems to have top aides in his administration giving him bad advice.
Bs
The president can fire anyone he appoints or inherits that are in the top spots hes responsible for filling.
They serve at the discretion of the president.
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