In The Bureaucracy
Sometimes even the Director of the FBI can have personnel issues. If you ever worked in a governmental agency and supervised folks personnel evaluations could be problematic. An impartial observer could be excused if they thought that James Comey might have been fired whoever was elected in 2016. It's not like he didn't or has not pissed off folks in a bi-partisan manner.
Generally, the appointed and confirmed FBI Director serves for a period of ten years. Obviously this is to give the director some protection from politics. In fact most FBI Directors are overwhelmingly approved by the Senate. A cynic might say because you don't want to look like you are an enemy of the FBI but it also seems these folks have been straight shooters. The current president's behavior in firing Director Comey is more than a little suspect.
The idea that an employee or a boss would document stuff related to their employment isn't far fetched. The documentation might save your job or it might just let you collect unemployment insurance or severance benefits. Retaliation for reporting and or investigating wrongdoing happens too often. And so it goes, the search for truth and calls for an independent commission will continue until we "get to the bottom of this".
Federal statute provides that the Director of the FBI is to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. When there is a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy, the President begins the appointment process by selecting and vetting his preferred candidate for the position. The vetting process for presidential appointments includes an FBI background check and financial disclosure. The President then submits the nomination to the Senate, where it is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary usually holds hearings on a nomination for the FBI Director. The committee may then vote to report the nomination back to the Senate favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. Once reported, the nomination is available for Senate consideration. If the Senate confirms the nomination, the individual is formally appointed to the position by the President.
Generally, the appointed and confirmed FBI Director serves for a period of ten years. Obviously this is to give the director some protection from politics. In fact most FBI Directors are overwhelmingly approved by the Senate. A cynic might say because you don't want to look like you are an enemy of the FBI but it also seems these folks have been straight shooters. The current president's behavior in firing Director Comey is more than a little suspect.
The idea that an employee or a boss would document stuff related to their employment isn't far fetched. The documentation might save your job or it might just let you collect unemployment insurance or severance benefits. Retaliation for reporting and or investigating wrongdoing happens too often. And so it goes, the search for truth and calls for an independent commission will continue until we "get to the bottom of this".
Federal statute provides that the Director of the FBI is to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. When there is a vacancy or an anticipated vacancy, the President begins the appointment process by selecting and vetting his preferred candidate for the position. The vetting process for presidential appointments includes an FBI background check and financial disclosure. The President then submits the nomination to the Senate, where it is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Committee on the Judiciary usually holds hearings on a nomination for the FBI Director. The committee may then vote to report the nomination back to the Senate favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. Once reported, the nomination is available for Senate consideration. If the Senate confirms the nomination, the individual is formally appointed to the position by the President.
This is probably going to take some considerable amount of time.
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