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Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
2. Richard Painter said no...that would propel us to a constitutional crisis..that's what TRASH tRUMP
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 07:50 PM
Nov 2017

wants...so he can install someone in there to fire Mueller...so Jeffy's must stay ...FOR NOW. But he's fucked too....aren't we having fun again???????????

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
4. Mueller is a civil servant and can't be easily fired
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:01 PM
Nov 2017

Who ever tries to fire him will have to show cause. A person like Comey served at the pleasure of the president and could be dismissed for any reason. That is not the case with a person like Mueller who has civil service protections

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
3. I still wonder what would happen if Sessions de-recused himself
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 07:53 PM
Nov 2017

Kind of like Devin Nunes over in the House.

Seems that what they say and what they do are not always the same, and there are no apparent repercussions for their lies and deceits.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
5. I can tell you what the Democrats would have to say about that:
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:06 PM
Nov 2017

"We don't want to get involved. That's too much drama."

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