Lewdog
Gold Member
No it isn't. The President of the United States could literally get on national TV and say "Mr Director of the FBI , I told you to drop a case and you refused, so you are fired" and that's not obstruction.
Primarily because the POTUS has the legal authority to fired the Director of the FBI for any reason, but also because the POTUS has the legal authority to end any investigation he so chooses because the Justice Department answers to the POTUS.
This is the case whether it would have been Obama or Trump, or anyone else as POTUS.
Obstruction would be something like the POTUS ordered someone to remove evidence or to lie or something like that, because the POTUS does not have the legal authority to do either of those things.
Trump has not obstructed justice. This is just another feverish dream by those who hate him.
No, he can't. I guess you haven't read the rules for how a President can fire someone in that position.
...and the knowledge McCabe owns IS EVIDENCE.
Of course he can. And the knowledge McCabe owns would still be available as evidence if McCabe were fired from the FBI.
I'm a Trump supporter, but I acknowledge he's done some things that I can see why people would be upset, he's done some things that upset me, but it makes not sense to just make things up and not acknowledge simple facts.
"Serves at the pleasure" literally means the President can fire you for any reason. Ask James Comey or Sally Yates about that. They were fired and that was that. Neither of those is even close to an obstruction of Justice.
...and the firing of Yates and Comey has created a pattern of actions.
Trump fired Yates for insubordination. Comey also deserved to be fired for his corruption and incompentence, although Trump could fire him without any reason at all.
sally yates went to the WH & told them flynn was black mailable. next thing... she's o-u-t. lol......
now flynn has flipped & trump & his mooks are shitting gold bricks.
I've seen some people say Sally Yates should be the first female President. Could you imagine Trump getting beat out by her? KARMA