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Bucky

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6. Malfeasance of office might be the term of art you're looking for here

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 24, 2017, 04:23 PM

Mar 2017

I'm certain in that big long Wikipedia article you can find out why Clinton dismissed Sessions; it would have been "for cause" tho I don't recall offhand which scandle it was that sent Sessions into the dog house. FBI director is not a political appointment. He's not a cabinet secretary who resigns after each inauguration. Comey does not "serve at the pleasure" of Trump

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If Trump fires Comey... [View all] kentuck Mar 2017 OP

I bet Trump wishes he had this country and his govt set up like pooty poot's meadowlark5 Mar 2017 #1

no he doesnt care MFM008 Mar 2017 #2

Prez can't just up and fire the FBI director Bucky Mar 2017 #3

Who defines a "scandal" or "misdeeds"? kentuck Mar 2017 #4

Malfeasance of office might be the term of art you're looking for here Bucky Mar 2017 #6

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Mar 2017 #5

Right. And very much to the point: he "can't afford to." Hortensis Mar 2017 #7

I should be able to find something more authoritative, but Bucky Mar 2017 #8