Why are Dems even entertaining the possibility that Trump should replace Comey? https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/05/13/trump-should-get-no-fbi-director-pick/ …
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Trump is considering people who, categorically, would not prosecute big corporations. Also considering people who don't treat PoC equally.
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So why would Dems not contest very notion that, by firing Comey to thwart RU investigation, Trump should have right to game LE for 10 yrs?
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Answer is NOT to "just replace Trump's pick next time." There's a reason FBI Director has a 10 year term. STOP endorsing this politicization
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Though next president can remove them too right? I'm not clear why informal tradition has so much weight in general
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It's not "tradition," it's an actual term, for good reason.
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So treat it like the horrible abuse it is, rather than just saying, Oh, okay, everything will be political then.
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Eh, the next
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Or he/she could be fired whenever the president feels threatened. Precedent set.
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Didn't Trump just establish the precedent that the FBI director's term ends when a new president wants it to?
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not necessarily if new potus just replaces t's choice. Now 10yr term appears meaningless
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I think Obama was the only president in recent years to *not* get rid of his FBI director before 10yr term up. So precedence thing dsn't fly
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Why, looks like they are easily fired; no reason next prez shouldn't fire Donny's pick.
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Trump has set a dangerous precedent for the future firings of FBI Directors without cause which was unthinkable before last week.
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