It is certainly the case that a President needs to have confidence in, and has the legal authority to remove, the FBI Director as they serve at the pleasure of the President. Having said that, I am troubled by the timing of the Director's dismissal. Director Comey made missteps, but if they were significant enough for his dismissal, it should have happened months ago. Democrats should avoid further politicizing this firing as they were calling for Comey's dismissal as well and there has been zero evidence of collusion with Russia. My concern lies with the trust of the American people and the ability to have an objective analysis on Russian involvement in our election and impartial oversight over ongoing investigations. There is now a need to regain not just the President's confidence in senior leadership at the FBI, but the public's confidence in the process as well. The President has a duty to put forth an independent and non-political leader at the FBI to achieve the aforementioned goals. Anything less is unacceptable and may be cause for a select committee or special prosecutor.
Rachelle Bradley answered on his FB page:
I dont know its hard for me to see any Trump ties to Russiaexcept for the Flynn thing and the Manafort thing
and the Tillerson thing
and the Sessions thing
and the Kushner thing
and the Carter Page thing
and the Roger Stone thing
and the Felix Sater thing
and the Boris Epshteyn thing
and the Rosneft thing
and the Gazprom thing
and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing
and the Azerbaijan thing
and the I love Putin thing
and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing
and the Sergey Kislyak thing
and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing
and the Russian Business Interests thing
and the Emoluments Clause thing
and the Alex Schnaider thing
and the hack of the DNC thing
and the Guccifer 2.0 thing
and the Mike Pence I dont know anything thing
and the Russians mysteriously dying thing
and the Trumps public request to Russia to hack Hillarys email thing
and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing
and the Russian fertilizer kings plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing
and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing
and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing
and the Cyprus bank thing
and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing
and the Republican Partys rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing
and the election hacking thing
and the GOP platform change to the Ukraine thing
and the Steele Dossier thing
and the Leninist Bannon thing
and the Sally Yates cant testify thing
and the intelligence communitys investigative reports thing
and the Trump reassurance that the Russian connection is all fake news thing
and the Spicers Russian Dressing nothings wrong thing
and the Chaffetz not willing to start an investigation thing
and the Chaffetz suddenly deciding to go back to private life in the middle of an investigation thing
and the Lead DOJ Investigator Mary McCord SUDDENLY in the middle of the investigation decides to resign thing
and the appointment of Pam Bondi who was bribed by trump in the trump university scandal appointed to head the investigation thing
and the White House going into full-on cover-up mode, refusing to turn over the documents related to the hiring and subsequent firing of Flynn thing
and the Chaffetz and White House blaming the poor vetting of Flynn on Obama thing
and the Poland and British intelligence gave information regarding the hacking back in 2015 to Paul Ryan and he didn't do anything thing
and the Agent M16 following the money thing
And now the trump team KNEW about Flynn's involvement but hired him anyway thing
and The Corey Lewandowski thing
and the Preet Bharara firing thing but before he left he transferred evidence against trump to a state level Schneiderman thing
And the Betsy Devos' Brother thing
And the Sebastian Gorka thing
And the Greg Gianforte from Montana thing
And the Pence actually was warned about Flynn before he was hired thing
and the Pence and Manafort connection thing
and the 7 Allies coming forward with audio where trump was picked up in incidental wiretapping thing
and the carter Page defying the Senate's order to hand over his Russian contact list thing
and the Obama coming forward and saying he warned trump directly thing
and the trump wants to VETO Sally Yates' testimony thing
and the trump tweets attacking Yates and defending Flynn thing
and the "no evidence of collusion" attributed to Clapper, who never said such a thing, thing.
and the "18" days before Flynn was fired thing
and the witness intimidation through tweets thing
Other those "THINGS" theres probably nothing there!
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION NOW!!!
-- Edited by Snippy on Thursday 11th of May 2017 12:45:27 AM
For Phucks sake, he was a former Navy Seal, so he should have some intelligence and curiosity. I am looking forward to seeing how your local elections will go. Seems like there is an effort for a change there.
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I started ophph with nuthin, and I can safely say I have most of it left.... <img
Serving in 'the military' does not guarantee that one may have an open mind, nor a healthy curiosity towards the rest of the world. As young as he is, he's had an interesting career thus far. He's written a book about Pres, Obama, Hillary Clinton and their 'failure' of service to the American people... Ya gotta wonder about that, and more.
Everything, and more on Snippy's Repug congessman, in case you're even slightly interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_(politician)
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Hmm. That address doesnt look right. It looks like the link pointing here was faulty.