President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey
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President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey
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Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey
#2If I'm not mistaken, he's the first FBI director to be fired.
Edit: I was, in fact, mistaken.
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#4"Trump just fired the man leading a counterintelligence investigation into his campaign, on the same day that the Senate Intelligence commitee requested financial documents relating to Trump's business dealings from the treasury department that handles money laundering." -Comment from reddit that sums up how strange this is.
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#5If I'm not mistaken, he's the first FBI director to be fired. Edit: I was, in fact, mistaken.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-U...
> When Bill Clinton took office in January , 1993, his FBI Director was William S. Sessions, serving an appointment made by Ronald Reagan at the time of the Iran-Contra affair. Making it clear that the new President did not want the Republican FBI Director in his Administration, Clinton’s newly appointed Attorney General, Janet Reno, quietly pressured Mr. Sessions to resign.
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#6The thought of Trump nominating an FBI director is bone chilling. Summed up with what's known about Flynn and every other suspicious data point we have what I am increasingly sure that is a modern day coup of the USA.
Time to pause tech and effect change, this is leading to a future darker than I can possibly contemplate.
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#7Well I would be certainly interested in the circumstances especially considering that I always believed he was pro trump. Some even said he played an important role Trump won the election because he opened an investigation into Clinton's emails right before the election.
Re: President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey
#8If I'm not mistaken, he's the first FBI director to be fired. Edit: I was, in fact, mistaken.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-U... > When Bill Clinton took office in January , 1993, his FBI Director was William S. Sessions, serving an appointment made by Ronald Reagan at the time of the Iran-Contra affair. Making it clear that the new President did not want the Republican FBI Director in his Administration, Clinton’s newly appointed Attorney General, Janet Reno, quietly pressured Mr…
Big difference between that and outright firing. Behind the scenes pressure is politics as usual.
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#9Hopefully there's a silver lining and that this means the encryption backdoor push (led by Comey) will slow to a crawl or be forgotten. He was already preparing a push for FISA Amendments renewal together with Dianne Feinstein (who is apparently having a change of heart about her own retirement).
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-U... > When Bill Clinton took office in January , 1993, his FBI Director was William S. Sessions, serving an appointment made by Ronald Reagan at the time of the Iran-Contra affair. Making it clear that the new President did not want the Republican FBI Director in his Administration, Clinton’s newly appointed Attorney General, Janet Reno, quietly pressured Mr…
Big difference between that and outright firing. Behind the scenes pressure is politics as usual.
> Although Sessions denied that he had acted improperly, he was pressured to resign in early July, with some suggesting that President Clinton was giving Sessions the chance to step down in a dignified manner. Sessions refused, saying that he had done nothing wrong, and insisted on staying in office until his successor was confirmed. As a result, President Clinton dismissed Sessions on July 19, 1993.