Why the FBI might wage war on Trump and how they would actually do it
Its not often that you hear members of the FBI threatening to go to war with the president. But thats where we are after Donald Trumps firing of FBI Director James Comey.
(Trump) essentially declared war on a lot of people at the FBI, an anonymous FBI official told the Washington Post. I think there will be a concerted effort to respond over time in kind.
Theres every reason to believe that the FBI is as angry as this official says. Interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday told Congress that the vast majority of employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey. Reports from inside the bureau suggest horror and rage after the firing; one agent told the Daily Beast that everyone feels like there has been a death in the family.
The FBI values its independence from the political branches above all else, an independence directly threatened by Trump firing Comey in retaliation for the Russia investigation. Historically, the bureau has been willing to fight and fight dirty to stay independent.
The FBI is a tribal organization, Ben Wittes, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, tells me. You screw with the FBI, you screw with the institution of the FBI, and ... a lot of people are gonna be angry.
So lets say that the officials comments to the Washington Post are right: that were about to see elements of the FBI launch a full-scale offensive against Trump in retaliation for the Comey firing.
I asked both Wittes, whos very familiar with the current FBIs practices, and Douglas Charles, a historian of the FBI at Penn State, what the FBI could actually do in practical terms to undermine and weaken the Trump presidency.
Their answer? Quite a lot.
More:
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/11/15624544/fbi-trump-comey-war
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)When people tell me Twitler will never get caught I remind them Capone died in prison for tax evasion. Twitler will end up in jail, it's just a matter of when and for what, but it will happen.
GeoWilliam750
(2,522 posts)He died at home surrounded by his family
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Erick the Read
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bresue
(1,007 posts)Dump has definitely put on his self-righteous act this week in defending his decision to fire Comey. Dump's over confidant, boastful tirade is a defensive strategy he uses when he is scared shitless!
And I really feel, that Dump's major blunder this week is beginning to sink in....he is fighting like an alley cat because he sees the ending....continue fighting and risk his Trump holdings? Or resign and keep his material wealth intact? If it is not too late.
This new week will be the deciding factor. Dump was always a bad gambler....