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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 08:51 PM May 2020

FBI's top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trump.

As a senior Justice Department official, Boente was involved in the investigation of Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. The Justice Department has since asked a judge to drop those charges, arguing that prosecutors should not have brought them in the first place.

Trump has repeatedly criticized the FBI for investigating Flynn and other allies.

NBC News, citing two sources, said Boente was asked to resign.

Boente held several senior roles at the Justice Department and the FBI over the course of a 38-year career. He briefly served as acting Attorney General in 2017 after Trump fired Sally Yates, who held the job during the first weeks of his presidency.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbis-top-lawyer-resigns-agency-214818790.html

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FBI's top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
I hope he lands on his feet RainCaster May 2020 #1
I wonder how long it will take Christopher Wray Ilsa May 2020 #2
K&R UTUSN May 2020 #3

RainCaster

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1. I hope he lands on his feet
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Sat May 30, 2020, 08:54 PM
May 2020

He deserves to have a well paying, rewarding, and peaceful job after his service to our country.

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Ilsa

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2. I wonder how long it will take Christopher Wray
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Sat May 30, 2020, 09:03 PM
May 2020

to fix the problems in the FBI when Biden is sworn in. Hell, I just hope he's still there.

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