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The justice department to open an investigation. longstanding analysis of presidential power says the president does not need grounds to fire the fbi director, mr. dillon is a veterans department lawyer and had been so before joining the trump white house and assigned a junior lawyer to examine this issue. they determined the fbi director was no different than any other employ ne the executive branch and there was nothing prohibiting the president from firing him. but mr. dillon who had earlier told mr. trump he needed cause to fire mr. comey never corrected the record withholding the conclusi...

Sort of what are the rules of the road that govern recusals and can the white house lobby and attorney general not to recuse himself? my guess is that in the balance of the justice department, there are guidelines that apply to these things, but these are things that don't come up often. we're looking at a question of trump asking comey on february 14th to end an investigation. is that legal? is that illegal? these are things that the trump presidency has resurrected as questions in washington that are thins that we have to do a lot of thinking and research and reporting about because they're ...

Don mcgahn wasn't able to persuade jeff sessions to not recuse himself, but reportedly he tried. also, "the new york times" further reports tonight that his -- the president's intention to fire james comey was so unnerving to some members of the white house staff, to people inside the white house counsel's office, his intention to fire comey according to the "new york times" led one of mr. mcgahn's deputies to mislead the president about his authority to fire the fbi director. this is quite remarkable. the lawyer, somebody named uttim dillon. i don't know exactly how you pronounce it. the firs...