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kpete

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Wed May 10, 2017, 11:25 AM May 2017

LAWFARE: The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him

Make no mistake: The firing of James Comey as FBI director is a stunning event. It is a profoundly dangerous thing—a move that puts the Trump-Russia investigation in immediate jeopardy and removes from the investigative hierarchy the one senior official whom President Trump did not appoint and one who is known to stand up to power.

One of the biggest dangers of Comey’s firing is that Trump might actually get away with it, ironically, because of Comey’s unpopularity among Democrats and on the political left.

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https://www.lawfareblog.com/nightmare-scenario-trump-fires-comey-one-man-who-would-stand-him

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LAWFARE: The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP
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