@Leftofthemind

Discretionary appointees can be fired for any transgression or even for no reason at all. They cannot be fired for performing their job functions (eg investigating someone administration doesn’t want them to) or refusing to break the law at the behest of the administration (eg investigating someone they wouldn’t otherwise bc of lack of evidence). During the hearings about the DAs, GOP liked to constantly use a talking point about Clinton firing ALL DAs, while Bush fired only a dozen, making it seem to be about arithmetics. The difference here is that Clinton fired all of them for no reason. He just wanted his own people in there and fired everyone. Bush, on the other hand, fired specific people who refused to tow the line (some of them Republicans, btw). Towing the line, in this case, was starting investigations, where the evidence wasn’t there. Clearly, this is abuse of power and I’d love to see some support from you to the contrary, rather than pulling a strawman about Democrats and entrenching power, which regardless of validity, has nothing to do with it.