BREAKING: Department of Justice appoints special counsel to take over Russia probe

yes he can. the president can fire him
No. Trump cannot fire him. :smh:
If he fired this guy on a Monday... he would definitely get impeached by Friday. (See below)
Under law, Mueller will have all the authority of a U.S. attorney to conduct his investigation. He will also be able to choose members of his team and request a budget from the Justice Department.

If he chooses, Mueller could keep the FBI agents currently working on the Russia investigation. It’s not clear where Mueller will be working from, but the Justice Department said Mueller would be stepping down from his job at the law firm WilmerHale.

the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command.”


while he technically works for the FBI director he does not answer to him, he cannot be fired by Trump. The AG can fire him but we all remember how that worked out when Nixon tried to get Archibal Cox fired
 
who do you think controls the deputy ag? lol
in this matter -no one
the AG or president would have to fire the deputy (a guy approved by 96 votes in the Senate- 1st problem )
I'm not sure an interim deputy can dismiss the counsel, so they would need to appoint a new one and get him through the Senate before he can fire the counsel (2nd problem)
and even then - under law he still has to give 30 days notice to a special counsel before he can be fired!

The deputy AG knew exactly what he was doing
 
he's a 70 year old toddler
of course he will.
because nobody is smart enough to tell him to shut the entire fuck up he'll say some shit he shouldn't say.
he's lied his way into the white house it's never gonna stop until he's in actual handcuffs
True. This may be a game changer for him tho. If he doesn't tweet on this by midnight its safe to assume he's feeling some heat. He nevers goes a news cycle without tweeting on the accusations and happenings.
Still no dismissive tweets on todays happenings... If this holds beyond 6am then hes starting to shit his pants..
 
yes he can. he's under the president's DOJ. He can fire anyone down the line.
OK. Technically speaking... yes he can.. you are correct.... But firing YET ANOTHER person who is investigating him.... will get himself instantly impeached. That's exactly what Nixon did. TWICE. :yes: And the sentiment of the whole country turned against him, after he fired the 2nd AG.

'Obstruction' became undeniable. And he lost his base. quickly.
 
OK. Technically speaking... yes he can.. you are correct.... But firing YET ANOTHER person who is investigating him.... will get himself instantly impeached. That's exactly what Nixon did. TWICE. :yes: And the sentiment of the whole country turned against him, after he fired the 2nd AG.

'Obstruction' became undeniable. And he lost his base. quickly.


He's not going to lose his base. They are certifiable and convinced there is an evil plot to take him down. They see everything as lies and fake news.
 
yeah he is losing his allies/enablers and the gop donors... the real king makers

I'm speaking of voters. I'm on another forum full of them. They are brainwashed and angry their pick isn't better that the black man that served before him.

The GOP screwed themselves. Technically they have both houses, but too many are teaparty folk who don't mind burning the country to the ground in the hopes of getting their way. The teaparty never would have come to power if they hadn't enabled them, winking at the racism to get votes.

I know establishment GOP will take a hit in 2018, I'm not yet convinced the teaparty folks will unless the dems really keep their healthcare votes in the forefront of people's minds.

After Trump and Sarah Palin, every idiot thinks they are fit for public office.
 
I'm speaking of voters. I'm on another forum full of them. They are brainwashed and angry their pick isn't better that the black man that served before him.

The GOP screwed themselves. Technically they have both houses, but too many are teaparty folk who don't mind burning the country to the ground in the hopes of getting their way. The teaparty never would have come to power if they hadn't enabled them, winking at the racism to get votes.

I know establishment GOP will take a hit in 2018, I'm not yet convinced the teaparty folks will unless the dems really keep their healthcare votes in the forefront of people's minds.

After Trump and Sarah Palin, every idiot thinks they are fit for public office.
his base isnt going anywhere but the people that really matter are sprinting away
plus the moderates
 
There are millions of them though, and they won't go quietly into the night. I hope I'm wrong though.
its about 35% of voters - nothing can be done for them now - Hillary would have really blessed them

I can't think of a politician with the brains skill and org to do it - if only Obama was white, he would have moved mountains
Bernie talks a good game but doesn't have the org or balls to get grimey

oh well fuck em... they should invest in an education and stop voting for good ol boys that keep bending them over
besides they'll be extinct in 20 years...
 
its about 35% of voters - nothing can be done for them now - Hillary would have really blessed them

I can't think of a politician with the brains skill and org to do it - if only Obama was white, he would have moved mountains
Bernie talks a good game but doesn't have the org or balls to get grimey

oh well fuck em... they should invest in an education and stop voting for good ol boys that keep bending them over
besides they'll be extinct in 20 years...


Yeah but I'm thinking of hate crimes and domestic terrorism. Hate crimes ticked up when Trump won, because they felt they had a right to do it. They will tick up again if he is impeached, out of anger and fear.

Bernie is fake, he stay shitting on dems, won't commit to the party, and wants to tell everyone how it should run.


They won't be extinct. I think things will be better, because young people befriend across race and class, but some of these folks are fed hate from birth, like mother's milk. How old was Dylan Roof? Plus thanks to Trump and people like Richard Spencer, there is a new generation being exposed to hate via the alt-right. We can't become complacent about this.
 


Watch that video, and then watch it again. His internal monolouge is, “Not now, Alaatar. Mom said you weren’t real. You’re not here right now. You’re just my imagination.”

When CBS news attempted to ask Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel by the Department of Justice, he reacted like the reporters were imaginary friends that he was trying to convince himself not to see anymore.
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