Decision Quote by Rod Rosenstein

There is nothing normal about removing the FBI director, as a general matter. It's an extraordinary measure. This is an office that is typically…

— Benjamin Wittes

FBI directors serve at the pleasure of the president, but they often have terms that transcend partisan transfers of power at the White House.…

— Stephen Farnsworth

Presidents are given immense power in the American political system when it comes to personnel. FBI directors are given ten-year terms to insulate them…

— Stephen Farnsworth

The FBI should not be a political body.

— John Kennedy

My experience is that the director of the FBI is particularly important to just how aggressive an investigation will be into an issue. And…

— Leon Panetta

We haven't seen a situation where you have the FBI director talk about an investigation side by side with the attorney general who confirms,…

— Alberto Gonzales

The president has a duty and a right to oversee the FBI, and you know, he properly delegate the law enforcement to the FBI…

— Laura Ingraham

That job should not be a political job. We should not be hearing very publicly from the leader of the FBI.

— Pam Bondi

You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.

— Andrew McCabe

The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.

— Janet Reno

The FBI director's probably spent a great deal of pressure to go either way - you know, to have said something, to not have…

— Alberto Gonzales

The FBI is not in the habit of leaving loose ends. That's not what they do.

— Asha Rangappa