The actions yesterday in which FBI Special Agents were terminated and then reinstated shortly after highlight the chaos that occurs when long-standing policies and processes are ignored. An Agent simply being assigned to an investigation and conducting it appropriately within the law should never be grounds for termination. Director Patel has disregarded the law and launched a campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution.
Trump declared the trio "guilty as hell," and linked the need to serve swift "justice" to the roles they played in the congressional investigations, criminal probes and civil lawsuits that have dogged his political career. He took credit for firing the U.S. attorney who declined to bring charges against James and Comey - then installed personal attorney Lindsey Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience, to finish the job.