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The Comey investigation will end even before it begins. It will be cut immediately.
Eugene
(61,961 posts)All of the IG's subordinates are career civil servants.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141663650
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... GiveADamnOMeter is stuck at -5
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(52,331 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)fired Archbald Cox and then Elliot Richardson and they public was outraged at the abuse of power.
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)and I don't think Congress will appreciate the blowback if they just roll over.
drray23
(7,637 posts)The president can get rid of an ig but it is not immediate (unlike other types of positions where it can happen on the spot) If he decides to fire him, there is a delay of 30 days and he has to explain it to congress. This is by law.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)"We" being congress and all those who have the possibility of holding him accountable (the media, the intelligence community).