What Defenders of Trump's Right to Fire Comey Are Missing
The question isn’t whether a president <em>can</em> directly control the bureau—it’s whether other institutions, and the public, are going to let him get away with it.
by David Frum
May 22, 2017
3 minutes
Donald Trump is leading this country into new and dark places. At each new reveal, administration critics ask their version of the question satirically posed by Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che playing NBC’s Lester Holt: “Did I get him? It’s all over?” But no, as the punchline confirms, it’s not over—and a fascinating Friday Twitter exchange shows why not.
I eagerly await the flood of experts explaining why Donald Trump firing Comey to obstruct justice is not obstruction of justice. 😐
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 19, 2017
Because a president has the unreviewable authority to fire the Director for any reason. https://t.co/i5GtW1mqye
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh)
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