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The leak which had Kelly calling Comey after he was fired (which had to have been leaked by one or both of them) and threatening to resign as Secretary of DHS to express his anger has made one thing clear IMO: Kelly will not sanction a Mueller firing. Interestingly it is reported that Comey urged him not to resign.
If he was upset about Comey getting fired he would be 10 times more angry at being a part of a huge Saturday Night Massacre that would take Mueller out.
Notice that all of the attacks against Sessions and the rumors of appointing a new AG during recess have evaporated since Kelly moved in.
Trump has to realize that Kelly has a hundred ways to block an attack on Mueller beyond resigning in protest.
Kelly could simply leak details and allow key players to be prepared ahead of time. Exposing a move against Mueller would likely get a resolution from the Senate, among intensive public reaction.
It may be that Kelly approved the leak in order to not only show his personal take on the move but that he was prepared to go outside normal channels, that if Trump moves against Mueller he will have to go through Kelly.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)But he can't help himself, sooner or later he starts up again. Seems like this will be just another cycle.
Like a little kid he will test his boundaries.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)on the puppet strings of Putin, he is wild and out of control.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)In many ways he's worse than trump
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)what's left of his masculinity/honor in his sullied hands
Just another power seduced ladder climbing lackey
Soon to be tossed aside in at least as humiliating manner as Reince
One can only hope
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)and is gone.
rickford66
(5,497 posts)No classified stuff. Just facts about a phone call.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)As you point out it wasn't a leak of any classified information but the party who was releasing the information leaked it out rather than giving it publicly. The fact that he is quoted as stating that he was considering resigning made it very sensitive information if not classified.