Alright boys, lets roll out that IG Report while Congress is on 2week recess
eh I don't know about that one.. cough cough Himler
Yes 100%
The way the chain of command works is that the AG appoints a Special Counsel, and is the boss of the head of the SC. The SC reports to the AG and only to the AG. Only the AG can fire the SC. So in this case, AG was recused from anything Russia related, so the Dep AG has to step in. Only RR can fire Mueller. And only Jeff Sessions can fire RR. Trump can fire Jeff Sessions, but Trump CANNOT fire RR or Mueller
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Chain Of Command gets confusing lol. But also helps for when you see the purposely misleading news headlines of "Trump wants to fire Mueller" or "if Trump fires RR that is a red line". Trump cannot fire either. He can tell Jeff Sessions to fire RR, but Sessions can refuse the order. Trump could then fire Sessions and put a new AG in who would fire RR, but see how complicated it gets?
Same with Andrew McCabe (Dep Director of FBI). Trump cant fire the #2 in the FBI, only the Director of FBI (#1) can do that. Thats why I laugh when I see these daily headlines about "Trump is a dictator for firing McCabe". Trump didnt fire McCabe, nor could he even.