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getagrip_already

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2. the attorney general does.....

Reply to irresistable (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2018, 02:32 PM

Sep 2018

The question is would he. In this case, sessions is as partison a hack as ever sat in the senate.

So yes, they can shut an investigation down. It's as easy as your boss telling you to work on something else. Period.

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Does the President actually have the power to "turn off" an FBI investigation? [View all] irresistable Sep 2018 OP

Interesting question. TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #1

the attorney general does..... getagrip_already Sep 2018 #2

Generally speaking, yes unblock Sep 2018 #3

In this case, Flake and Murkowski are in the driver's seat marylandblue Sep 2018 #4