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The president. >> could the attorney general fire the fbi director? >> i don't know there is precedent for that. >> no, it would have to come from the president. you were probably going in this direction. the fbi is 35,000 plus strong. one of the strengths of the fbi is that its political layer is so remarkably thin. by that i mean, how many of those 35,000 employees are political appointees? the answer is, only one. every other man and woman in the fbi is a career civil servant. >> will you describe for our audience your role at the fbi. >> two roles. i had the privilege of working for two di...

To answer the earlier question, who can, you know, fire the director? obviously, the president. >> yeah. could the attorney general fire the fbi director? >> i don't know there is president for that. >> no, it would have to come from the president. you were probably going in this direction. the fbi is 35,000 plus strong. one of the strengths of the fbi is its political layer is so remarkably thin. by that, how many of the 35,000 employees are political appointees? the answer is is only oonly one >> uh-huh. >> every other man and woman in the fbi is a civil servant. >> will you describe your ro...

>> no, it wouldn't come to the president. and as you were probably going in this direction. the fbi is 35,000 plus strong. one of the strengths of the fbi is that its political layer is so remarkably thin. by that i mean how many of those 35,000 employees are political appointees. the answer is only one. every other man and woman is a career civil servient. so it's -- >> will you describe for our audience your role that fbi in the past. >> i had the privilege off working for two directors. bob mueller as counsel to director and from 19 -- 2013 to 2015. i'm not that old. i worked for jim comey ...