Chris Coons actually said...

What he can't do is fire members of his own cabinet and replace them with partisan loyalists going around the succession procedures for the Department of Justice, in an attempt to influence or impede or end the special counsel's investigation.

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Senator Coons discusses the president's authority to fire cabinet members and the implications of replacing them with partisan loyalists.

11/06/2018

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