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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-US-President-has-ever-Fired-an-FBI-Director-and-that-President-s-Name-Was-Clinton http://www.dailykos
by fictioncircle 9y ago
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-US-President-has-ever-Fired-an-FBI-Director-and-that-President-s-Name-Was-Clinton http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589230/-Only-One-U...
> When Bill Clinton took office in January , 1993, his FBI Director was William S. Sessions, serving an appointment made by Ronald Reagan at the time of the Iran-Contra affair. Making it clear that the new President did not want the Republican FBI Director in his Administration, Clinton’s newly appointed Attorney General, Janet Reno, quietly pressured Mr. Sessions to resign.
- ENOTTY 9y agoThe IG investigation into Mr. Sessions revealed all kinds of wrongdoing. Not political at all.
- ebbv 9y agoBig difference between that and outright firing. Behind the scenes pressure is politics as usual.
- clarkm 9y ago> Although Sessions denied that he had acted improperly, he was pressured to resign in early July, with some suggesting that President Clinton was giving Sessions the chance to step down in a dignified manner. Sessions refused, saying that he had done nothing wrong, and insisted on staying in office until his successor was confirmed. As a result, President Clinton dismissed Sessions on July 19, 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sessions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sessions
- fictioncircle 9y agoSorry I quoted the wrong bit. He was actually fired. > ut the stubborn Republican FBI Director refused to go voluntarily, finally provoking Bill Clinton to telephone Mr. Sessions on July 20, 1993. The President called twice. The first call was to tell the Director he was fired. The second was to tell the Director it was effective immediately. That’s cold, man.
- akhilcacharya 9y agoHe was fired for misuse of funds.