Theres no good time to do it, by the way. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommend, i was going to fire comey. Paul Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. Thanks for coming in. Good to be here. Paul first point, is there any doubt in your mind that as a legal matter the president had the right, the authority to fire james comey . None. Paul none. None. The fbi director is a part of e. E executive, the president is regardless of whether the fbi director is appointed for a term or not for a term, the president has the authority to fire him. Paul thats despite the tenyear term he was supposed to yeah. Paul all right. In the chain of command at the Justice Department, some people seem to believe that the fbi is independent. That is not true. It is not true. The fbi director is supposed to report to the Deputy Attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. Thats the way its supposed to work. Paul okay. And the fbi is not some indep
Bring the vote to the floor. Let us show where we are at. No buy. Bring the bill to the floors. No bill, no break. No bill, no break. No bill, no break. The man from kentucky. Congress,me to everyday he has lived in briefed article one. John yarmuth. [applause] thank you, john. Thank you leadership. Inspiration not just today, but everyday. Thank you for what you have brought to this body and this country. Im incredibly proud of this man and this moment. This was a very proud moment. Not just a proud moment for me, its very comfortable moment. Im comfortable because i know that the work that we prevented from being done on the floor importantot nearly as as the work that we are trying to get done. [applause] the American People feel that way. We all know that. We see what is on social media and the reaction. I got a call from a teacher in kentucky, not my district, a teacher from kentucky who said thank you so much for what you are doing today. I had to ship my students from a man with
Back several decades to find out what makes Banking Systems unstable. He concluded that the deciding factor is the level of political interference in the system. This last about one hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. Were going to start our program. Im david cowen, president of the museum of American Finance. Were joined today by chairman of the board and our friends from cspan are taping today. Our guest lecture is charles calomiris, professor Financial Institutions at the Columbia University business school. He also teaches at the school of international and public affairs. Charles received his ba in economics from Delhi University where he graduated magna cum laude and matriculated through stanford when he cut his ph. D in economics. He is a member of the shaft open Market Committee as well as the financial economists roundtable and the Federal Reserves centennial advisory board. Charlie is wellknown in the field. Am quite poor that two of the many accolades that he has receiv