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2024-12-01 02:19:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 01F0BF63921DF51286C3BE6FCE074DEB35260453B0A647BCA8DF8E9B6A63BBB7
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While FBI Directors typically serve a single 10-year term after being appointed by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate, they can AND have served shorter terms. James Comey was fired by Donald Trump after under four years in the role. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/3711116/White-House-Fires-James-Comey.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html https://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527663050/president-trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866170
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