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Originally Posted by GGG
He fired his Attorney general for not intervening in the independent office of prosecution. It is Nixon.
If he had in the end accepted the decision of the Attorney General then I would agree with you that the conversations weren’t ethical but in the realm of politics. But he didn’t. He moved her out of the way then fired her.
The key difference is the minister of environment isn’t supposed to be independent from government like the Attorney General is.
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Well, he didn't fire her. She resigned (saying the pressure was the cause). So the question would be whether he intentionally pressured her knowing that she'd resign - or was it just to get a result. I think Trudeau is tunnel-visioned enough, and has a false belief in his own abilities, and thought he could just convince her to do what he wanted. He believed his press clippings at this point.
Nixon fired an AG who was essentially in charge of investigating Nixon, not some company. So he did it to stay in office. JWR wasn't investigating Trudeau.