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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:30 AM May 2017

Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia

The president deliberated for more than a week before ousting the FBI chief who was investigating Trump associates.

By JOSH DAWSEY 05/10/17 12:02 AM EDT

President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week. When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey. He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver the termination letter in a manila folder to FBI headquarters.

He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia. He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn’t disappear and demanded they speak out for him. He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.

Trump's firing of the high-profile FBI director on the 110th day since taking office marked another sudden turn for an administration that has fired its acting attorney general, national security adviser and now its FBI director, who Trump had praised until recent weeks and even blew a kiss to during a January appearance.

The news stunned Comey, who saw his dismissal on TV while speaking inside the FBI office in Los Angeles. It startled all but the uppermost ring of White House advisers, who said grumbling about Comey hadn't dominated their own morning senior staff meetings. Other top officials learned just before it happened and were unaware he was considering firing Comey. "Nobody really knew," one senior White House official said. "Our phones all buzzed and people said, What?"

By ousting the FBI director investigating his campaign and associates, Trump may have added more fuel to the fire he is furiously trying to contain — and he was quickly criticized by a chorus of Republicans and Democrats. "The timing of this firing was very troubling," said Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

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Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Idiotrump the Coward Cha May 2017 #1
Look at this last paragraph... Stuart G May 2017 #2
I was not happy about Comey's decisions concerning his public statements about Hillary but it Thinkingabout May 2017 #3

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
2. Look at this last paragraph...
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:44 AM
May 2017

"By ousting the FBI director investigating his campaign and associates, Trump may have added more fuel to the fire he is furiously trying to contain — and he was quickly criticized by a chorus of Republicans and Democrats. "The timing of this firing was very troubling," said Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican. "

more fuel to the fire,........We must think about that one...Who throws gasoline on a fire that is trying to be contained?? Only someone who doesn't know what gasoline is, or when told, will not believe what is told..

Trump is in his own sick world, thinking he can get away with this..but we will see...

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. I was not happy about Comey's decisions concerning his public statements about Hillary but it
Wed May 10, 2017, 09:11 AM
May 2017

happened. Having said this, for Trump to now say he is firing Comey because of this is a total fabrication of the truth. Corrupt Trump is feeling the flames, he can't stand the heat, knows his friends are in line for possible criminal charges and in his elementary mind he thinks the investigation will be over now. No, it will not stop the investigation and he may have just worked himself into a special prosecutor which normally yields more information than would have ever happened in Congressional committees.

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