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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If you are thinking about firing an employee, should you be fired for considering it? 
If you are thinking about speeding, should you get a ticket for contemplating it?[/quote]
No, of course not. Thinking a bad thought is not a crime.  But the law says that when you ACT on that thought, you are committing a crime, even if you don’t succeed in completing what you attempted. Examples ...

If you think about killing someone, no crime. But if you fire the bullet, that’s a crime even if you miss.

If you think about robbing a bank, no crime. But if you show up with a mask, a gun, and a getaway car, that’s a crime even if you’re arrested at the door.

If you want to kill your boss, no crime. But if you hire a hitman, that’s a crime even if the hitman refuses to pull the trigger.

If you want to disrupt a FBI investigation, no crime.  But if order your employee to fire the head of the investigation, that’s a crime even if the employee refuses to do it. [/quote]

Not if the person has firing power and the employee 'ordered' says not a good idea because it would smell bad politically, even if it's the right thing to do, and the person agrees.

You are comparing attempts at actual crimes  - hiring a hit man, showing up to rob a bank, and firing a bullet at someone - with something the President has the legal right to do.

Per fact-check:

Q: Can President Donald Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller?

A: Not directly. Only the deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller can fire him and only for cause. But Trump could fire the DAG, or order the special-counsel regulations repealed and fire Mueller himself.[/quote]

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