omg, think of who donnie would replace him with!

(the republican senate would stonewall any obama replacement nominee...)

...con-man Trump is picking, I say no. What good would it do now? Let Trump have him. A replacement might be less likely to investigate "The Donald" and his crimes.

POTUS can't just fire the hack without good "cause"...and the optics would Suck....

"... might have broken federal law..."
His "might have.." is not a legal reason for President Obama to fire the FBI Director.
If it were Mr. Obama would have done it don't you think?

There needs to be ACTUAL "cause" with this...not supposition.

Sessions had used a Govt plane for private flights, had used govt funds for his home security...there was cause.

This ought to be interesting.

"But according to a 2014 report by the Congressional Research Service, there are no statutory conditions on the President’s authority to remove the FBI Director." In other words, the President can indeed fire the FBI director without having to put a condition (or cause as you refer to it) on it. It's explained here:
http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/james-comey-fired-fbi-director-hillary-clinton-email-private-server-influence-election/


Same thing from the Congressional Research Document:

"There are no statutory conditions on the President’s authority to remove the FBI Director. Since 1972, one Director has been removed by the President." Translation: The president does NOT need any conditions (or "causes" as you refer to them) to fire the FBI Director, as already explained in the article above. Here is the Congressional Research Document:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41850.pdf

"From 1973 through 2013, Sessions was the only FBI Director removed from office. President
William J. Clinton removed Sessions from office on July 19, 1993, citing “serious questions ...
about the conduct and the leadership of the Director,” and a report on “certain conduct” issued by
the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department of Justice.
Some Members of Congress questioned the dismissal, but they did not prevent the immediate confirmation of Sessions’s successor. "

President Obama....being a really good authority on the topic of Law and the Constitution would know BEST if there was cause to dismiss the Director......I'm telling you he knows 2 things....legality and the horrific political optics of forcing Comey out.... and as in the case of Sessions...there has been NO "..report on “certain conduct” issued by
the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department of Justice."

Comey is there until Dumpster does something....that's the facts.

Please don't waste anymore of my time over nothing but your refusal to admit that you don't know what you're talking about.

I fully agree with President Obama....or Comey would be gone.

I saw what you wanted to show....POTUS has seen more....I tend to side with him on legal issues....you.... not so much.

Who has POTUS sided with? Your version.....or mine?

Enjoy your brief stay.

I would have started that when I joined...last yr.
I'm not pulling chains...I'm standing with POTUS....until hes NOT POTUS...then I may question some decisions...until then I stand by the guy I've supported from the '08 cycle

If you really think President Obama needs "cause," despite the law saying he does not, then read LaydeeBug's post and hopefully you will be happy.

BTW, thank you so much for all of your drivel which has kept my poll at the top of the page for so long.

or will change crap....Sec Clinton lost the EC, Dumpster will be sworn in in Jan'17, and Comey is still Director of the FBI...i don't do emotional crap....I do factual....
Your "poll" is irrelevant as POTUS isn't going to make a decision based on your poll........you have a 100+ "fire"...a few not fire...President Obama agrees with those of us that voted no...
THAT is a fact.....not a wish.
Your poll isn't going to change that.

Hope you enjoyed your long sleep.

Or just a shot at me because you don't like Obama's choice...you've made 2 posts here...the above and this....."Star Member Coyotl (14,846 posts)
34. Not good enough. Fire his for cause."........a c&p of your other well thought out post.

if comey goes don con will have to appoint someone which everyone can see now who would he replace him with????? another white supremacist?

if Comey doesn't go, it sends the message that what he did was just fine.

It's as much a message for future appointments as it is for Comey.

I think it would be appropriate for the President to ask for his resignation.

The man has disgraced himself, his office, and his bureau.

Closing the barn door now is pointless.

So Trump can replace him with Palin? At least with all the backlash we can hope that Comey will be diligent in investigating Trump and his nefarious activities

and arguably cost us the election?

What kind of hideous creature would Trump replace Comey with?

I think President Obama should fire Director Comey anyway. Comey meddled in the elections and should be fired on general priciples.

For those worrying about God Emperor Palpa-Trump appointing someone worse, there's probably somebody worse coming anyway. Alabama Senator Sessions and Comey don't get along anyway, and Comey would get canned anyway.

Why not fire Comey early?


Merry Christmas, you ######-######. You're fired!

For being an asshole? Not a firing offense, IMO.

**edited misspellings in title

but I respect your opinion!

The reason why I think Comey should stay is because Trump will appoint someone 100x times worst. We would be forced with this Trump hard right Republican appointment until 2027.

there are others who feel as you do.

The thing is, Comey arguably cost Hillary the election, and according to people who know a lot more about it than me, Comey violated DOJ rules when he released his announcement to investigate Hillary Clinton just prior to an election in a clear effort to influence the outcome, which is just what happened.

There is absolutely nothing preventing Trump from removing Comey and installing someone 100x worse anyway.

Why in the world would he fire Comey?

What he did is not just election tampering, it was an act of treason.

If it leaked out or was announced after the election he would have been a dead man.

They didn't find anything in the emails.

He said he would advise them if circumstances changed, they changed when email was found on Wiener's laptop. That was going to come out. There is also the issue of Abedin herself, she may have committed perjury - although I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out Wiener had appropriated the data himself as "insurance".

I suspect (provided Abedin really didn't know about the laptop) the real villain here will turn out to be Anthony Wiener.

I don't think it made a huge difference, nobody was on the fence after the Billy Bush tape.

informed about it.

"The officials said that Comey was told that there were new emails before he received a formal briefing last Thursday, although the precise timing is unclear."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senior-fbi-officials-were-told-of-new-emails-in-early-october-but-wanted-more-information-before-renewing-clinton-probe/2016/11/02/7884dede-a134-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html

and questioned then go up the chain.

What better way to send the subtle yet firm message that what he did was illegal? Throwing elections go way beyond "extremely careless" behavior. Obama might even want to pardon those rogue agents as a way of outing them to the public.

I still think there's another shoe that's going to drop in this election saga, something about Nov. 8 and the weeks preceding it just doesn't pass the smell test. I'm still wondering what to make of Biden's comments in October about embarrassing a certain country at a time and place of our choosing?