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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

    Reporter notes that many say Trump would have to ask Rosenstein to fire Mueller and could not fire him directly. @PressSec responds: "He has the power to do so." Adds: "The president certainly has the power to make that decision."

    11:51 AM - 10 Apr 2018
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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

        Chris Geidner Retweeted

        What happens? People go to court — or there are resignations and calls for congressional action. https://twitter.com/slfultz/status/983779833854472192 …

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

        Chris Geidner Retweeted Neal Katyal

        To be clear, @PressSec wasn't saying something new today. For his part, @neal_katyal — the acting SG for a period under Obama — has gone on about this for nearly a year now:https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/865031785368965120 …

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        Neal KatyalVerified account @neal_katyal
        B/c v little time on @maddow, here's the deal on Trump firing Mueller: He can.We wrote the special counsel regs knowing that any Pres has 1/
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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

        Chris Geidner Retweeted Neal Katyal

        Another thread here:https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/942592920191774721 …

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        Neal KatyalVerified account @neal_katyal
        10. So now, if the President wants to fire Mueller, he has to do it openly. He can try to fire him directly, or order Rod Rosenstein (the Acting AG) to do it. This thread details it all: https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/865031785368965120 …
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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

        A Washington Post piece here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/19/politics-could-still-block-muellers-investigation-i-know-i-wrote-the-rules/?utm_term=.dd2b284a9dc1 …

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Apr 10

        Chris Geidner Retweeted Neal Katyal

        But note that Katyal clearly believes — like Grassley and Graham and others — that doing so, and the very open way it would need to be done, likely would be a presidency-ending more.https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/956742243548737537 …

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        Neal KatyalVerified account @neal_katyal
        2. Just because you have the power to do something doesn’t make it wise or just. (And Trump must believe that, he hid his botched attempt for 7 months, and said 2 months after he tried to fire Mueller that he "haven't given it any thought;" his lawyers denied it at the time too.)
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      2. J Curcio‏ @Mythos_Media Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        "The essential characteristic of fascist propaganda was never its lies, for this is something common to propaganda everywhere…The essential thing was that they exploited the age-old Occidental prejudice which confuses reality with truth--

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      3. J Curcio‏ @Mythos_Media Apr 10
        Replying to @Mythos_Media @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        and made that ‘true’ which until then could only be stated as a lie." --Arendt

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      2. Michael‏ @Michael2014abc Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        So then what is the answer? "Many say" means nothing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. mowokyboy‏ @mowokyboy Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PiccolaDonnina @PressSec

        Is she that stupid?

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      2. bbnanny‏ @NanbumHall Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        No, Chris, she actually said they HAD BEEN ADVISED they could fire him. Facts matter

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      3. a little bit Andrea Martin, a little bit Kate Bush‏ @n69n Apr 10
        Replying to @NanbumHall @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        She said both.

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      4. bbnanny‏ @NanbumHall Apr 10
        Replying to @n69n @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        Well he should have said both.

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      1. The Honourable Professor Rabbi Harris Falk‏ @harrisment Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        No. He does not. (d) The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General.https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.7 …

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      1. ResistanceRules‏ @ResistanceRules Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @_Ben_Franklin1 @PressSec

        Trump can only fire Rosenstein or Sessions and hope their successors fire Mueller but cannot fire him directly.

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      1. Willing to discuss‏ @buffsblg Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        Do any of us believe that trump or Sanders really have the faintest clue about the legality of this?

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      1. R. Brenton‏ @brenton1218 Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @ZoeTillman @PressSec

        They will say that her comment means that he has the authority to ask Rosenstein.

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      1. IamSauerKraut‏ @IndictmentHappy Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @ZoeTillman @PressSec

        There she goes again, suggesting the rule of law is irrelevant. When will this country get rid of that lying mouthpiece, @SarahHuckabee ? Terrible as @PressSec

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      1. safarishane‏ @safarishane Apr 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @PressSec

        Doesn't the President have the power to rescind the regulations that require him to go through the AG or DAG?

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      1. Adi Kamdar‏ @adikamdar Apr 10
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        🤔

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