Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

[WagnerPaiva]

StarOcean said:

WagnerPaiva said:
I thought police officers took civil tests in the USA, like here in Brazil. Here a president can not fire a federal policeman, it has to be done via a due process, very lenght, with right to appeals and everything.

Well according to people here (yet to fact check) the President can fire someone like Comey. HOWEVER, in doing so, he's created a shit storm he may be unable to take cover from. If he was smart, he would've replaced Comey immediately. Instead he waited... waited until the investigation was underway. Now this wouldn't be AS bad (still be bad) as it is if it wasn't for him meeting the Russians the day after and that Trump hired a law firm to say he has no Russian ties.

Now, I do think Trump is guilty of Russian ties. But I also believe all of the above were bad timing for Trump. Had Comey been fired and replaced in Jan, the law firm hired a month ago or so, and the Russian trip happen as it were now -I doubt many would be connecting dots where they may not exist. But doing all 3 within a few days looks really, really bad

Hum, maybe he is still a fed, but just not the chief. I hope.