@oralloy,
Quote Blickers:
Quote:The superior [Trump] admitted on national TV that the main reason the FBI guy was fired was that the investigation was leading back to the superior.
Doesn't that change anything?
Quote oralloy:
Quote:You are reading way too much into Trump's comments. He only thought it was a witch hunt to discredit him. He knew that he didn't commit any crime, so he had no fears on that front.
But in any case, yes. Trump still had the authority to shut down the investigation.
Okay, let me ask you another question. Suppose a governor owned some land, and there were three proposed routes to build a new roadway. One of the proposed routes was quite near to the land the governor bought a couple of years previous, which would increase its value. The fellow heading the board which was going to decide which route was chosen, (the office was filled by governor's appointment), favored one of the other routes.
Thestate constitution says governor has the right to fire the head of the board for any reason. So he does. He replaces him with another appointee who has not come out in favor of any route so far. Has the governor committed a crime?