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The new, temporary FBI Director Andrew G. McCabe says that employees loved Comey:
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Thursday rejected assertions by the White House that FBI employees had lost faith in James Comey and that the bureau's probe into Russian election meddling was one of its most minor concerns. "I hold Director Comey in the absolute highest regard. I have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity," McCabe told members of the Senate intelligence committee. He said Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, enjoyed "broad support within the FBI and still does to this day." He added, "The majority, the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey."
Furthermore, he will inform the Senate of any interference with the Russia investigation:
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe vowed Thursday that he would tell the Senate Intelligence Committee if the White House tried to interfere with the bureau's probe of possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election — though he asserted that there had "been no effort to impede our investigation to date."
Meanwhile, President Trump has undermined the White House's messaging on Comey's firing, saying that he planned to fire "showboat" and "grandstander" James Comey regardless of any recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein. The President also insists that he is not under FBI investigation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @05:54PM (1 child)
I think you are coming a conclusion that is not supported by the facts.
If any of the other top institutions (small business, churches, the police, the medical system) on that list were the most trusted would it be plausible for them to take over the government?
I don't think so.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Friday May 12 2017, @08:07PM
While you are indeed correct about it being implausible for those institutions from taking over the government (in the US at least; the church taking over the government is a real thing in some other countries), the historical truth is that it's not that unusual for the military to take over the government. It's happened many, many times in countries around the world. So while it's not much of a danger of the medical system having a coup, it really is possible for the military. Also, the military is somewhat unique that it both has the power to orchestrate a coup (it has lots of weapons after all), and the organizational structure for it (it's a single and very large organization with a clear chain of command, unlike the police for instance which is thousands of barely-related departments across the country). This military also has real and recent experience in taking over other countries and setting up governments there.