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Originally Posted by FlameOn
I don't think anyone will defend him if he fires another DOJ official or investigator unless we are looking at a coup happening.
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I think you vastly overestimate the integrity of the GOP. If there's a leg to stand on - and "the deputy AG went rogue and took on the Oval and there's a chain of command that must be respected" qualifies as a leg to stand on - they'll find a way to support him. I just can't see Trump, or Sessions, allowing it to happen. And before you say "but Sessions recused himself from investigations pertaining to Russian ties", Sessions was just integrally involved in the process undertaken to fire the guy leading an investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties.
Congress can pass a law to kick start such an investigation, but it's obvious that they won't, and if they did, you'd think Trump would veto it. A scenario where they have the votes to override seems like a fantasy right now... but maybe things will be so bad by 2018 that self-interested Republican congressmen will have abandoned the sinking ship. As always, one can dream.