How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency

[yortsed snacilbuper]

The FBI's investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia in last year's election could hamper his political agenda for months, if not years, to come.

Trump has repeatedly shown himself willing to breach the usual niceties of presidential decorum and discourse. With his White House now officially under siege by an entity empowered to seek subpoenas to compel testimony, it’s anybody’s guess just how the president or his lieutenants might react. But one thing is certain: The mood in the White House is grim, and probably apt to get worse before it gets better.

In September 1972, as the FBI pursued its Watergate investigation, Nixon had some advice for his White House counsel, John Dean, as reported in John A. Farrell’s forthcoming book, “Richard Nixon: The Life.” “This is war,” Nixon said. “We’re getting a few shots and it will be over, and we’ll give them a few shots and it will be over. Don’t worry. I wouldn’t want to be on the other side right now.”

The president had no idea just how wrong he was. But the FBI did.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/fbi-trump-comey-investigations-236282

[Hekate]

1. Psst Agent Mike. Best of luck to your colleagues.

[kimbutgar]

2. What's going to happen if thump decides to fire Comey?

I would not put it past him to try. I know he can't but what if he does?

[Sculpin Beauregard]

3. Well, if it's like

any other gov't bureaucracy, the 2IC will become the director, at least temporarily. It's not like orange turd can 'fire' the investigation. But turd doesn't have that power anyway.

[murielm99]

4. Something like the Saturday Night Massacre.

It will send trump one step closer to resignation or impeachment, the way the Saturday Night Massacre did for Nixon.