Trump's aversion to FBI directors made understandable

Trump's aversion to FBI directors made understandable

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CNN - The designated President Donald Trump is currently working on putting together his cabinet for his second term. Many other government positions will also be released if he releases the oath of office in January.

expectations of a new vacancy

There is increasing expectation that Trump will quickly create at least one new position by releasing FBI director Christopher Wray. This personnel decision would have a certain circularity, since Trump wray, a Republican, had stopped in a nomination for a 10-year term of office in 2017. Nevertheless, Trump never shy away from releasing someone he supported.

The history of the FBI directors

FBI directors receive these 10-year term due to a law according to Watergate, which was introduced to J. Edgar Hoover's, much too long and controlling 48-year term. The term should protect the director from political pressure. But in reality it often works differently.

Trump and his layoffs

Trump dismissed the FBI director James Comey at the time just a few months after taking office in 2017. Comey was also a republican, although he was nominated for this position by the democratic president Barack Obama. Comey explained in 2018 that he could "not" identify with the Republican Party due to Trump's influence on the GOP.

former presidents and their decisions

like Trump, former presidents are not immune to released FBI directors. In 1993 Bill Clinton fired the then FBI director William Sessions according to an internal ethics report. This report contained questions about a $ 10,000 fence about sessions. During his presidential election in 1976,

Jimmy Carter indicated that he had released the FBI director Clarence Kelley at the time because of inadmissible installations of curtains in his house. Kelley was ultimately forced to withdraw.

the case Comey

The official reasons for Comey's discharge were contradictory. He was both criticized that he had not persecuted Hillary Clinton because of her handling with confidential information, as well as for the fact that he published "derogatory" information about Clinton at a press conference. The real reason for the dismissal was Trump's discomfort about Comey's investigation of the connections between Trump's 2016 election campaign and Russia.

The effects of Comey's discharge

The controversy followed by Comey's dismissal meant that the author of the Ministry of Justice Memos, the former deputy attorney in General Rod Rosstein, appointed a special investigator to continue the Russia investigation. This happened after Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions had withdrawn from the investigation due to pre -democratic contacts with the Russian ambassador.

The influence of Robert Mueller

Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller III, the former FBI director, as a special investigator for the Russian investigation. Mueller, who enjoyed great reputation in the past, had taken over the management of the FBI a few days before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

unintentional consequences

The collaboration of Trump's former advisor Michael Cohen with Muellers investigations led to secret payments for which Trump was recently sentenced in New York.

what the Mueller report revealed

The publication of the Mueller report was severely delayed by Trump's second Attorney General, Bill Barr, which gave the impression that the report relieved Trump. In fact, Mueller found that there was not enough evidence of a conspiracy between Trump's election campaign and Russia.

Trump's objective

Trump has opposed FBI officials and demands loyalty within the Ministry of Justice and the FBI. Over a century after the Teapot dome scandal, which revealed corruption within the federal government, Trump is striving for greater control over the investigative authorities.