DISMISSED: After FBI Director James Comey terminated, pundits offer hot takes on the ‘real’ reason
FBI Director James Comey has been in hot water with both Republicans and Democrats for a while now, and today things reached the boiling point, with President Trump accepting the recommendation that Comey be dismissed from duty.
COMEY PINK SLIP pic.twitter.com/1C0Z58HotK
— Shannon Pettypiece (@spettypi) May 9, 2017
As Twitchy reported Tuesday morning, there werestirrings from officials in the FBI that Comey had misstated the number of emails Huma Abedin had forwarded to her husband Anthony Weiner’s computer. Comey had claimed it was hundreds of thousands, but the FBI was expected to inform the Senate Judiciary committee that Abedin had forwarded only two email chains; other emails were part of a backup and not sent manually.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary committee, the FBI seeks to "clarify" Comey's testimony. No apology, though. https://t.co/rE0S96hkRA
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) May 9, 2017
NEW: FBI expects to send letter to Senate cmte after Comey incorrectly stated amount of emails Huma Abedin forwarded https://t.co/JqbdC9kNGv pic.twitter.com/F1KTbzs27t
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
FBI clarifies Huma manually forwarded 2 email chains containing classified info to Weiner's account. They had both been previously reviewed.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 9, 2017
FBI to Grassley: Abedin manually forwarded 2 chains w classified info, 10 others were backups https://t.co/5SzjuWRAkV
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 9, 2017
Enough is enough, apparently.
FROM WHITE HOUSE: Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office.
— Shannon Pettypiece (@spettypi) May 9, 2017
Comey has "been terminated and removed from office," @PressSec says in statement.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 9, 2017
The President accepted the recommendation of the deputy attorney general to dismiss FBI Director James Comey.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) May 9, 2017
NEW: "A fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI," reads letter from AG Sessions to Pres. Trump https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com/Y6s28QCFKu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
Trump fires FBI Director James Comey, per WH statement — 'A search for a new permanent FBI Director will begin immediately.' pic.twitter.com/91YXGCXidq
— Michael A. Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) May 9, 2017
FBI Dir Comey "terminated & removed from office" per WH, Trump says his firing marks "new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement"
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) May 9, 2017
MORE: Earlier Tues., @PressSec was asked if POTUS still had full confidence in Comey; "Spicer deferred on that question," @MajorCBS reports. pic.twitter.com/F8Jqs3dXkV
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
Earlier today, @jonkarl asked Press Sec. Sean Spicer whether Pres. Trump still had full confidence in James Comey. Here's how he responded: pic.twitter.com/P2XdhdTfEM
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 9, 2017
On Comey's firing: "No one saw this coming" – CNN's Jeff Zeleny
— David Ingram (@David_Ingram) May 9, 2017
"It's a very unusual situation," Scott Pelley says. "The FBI director is appointed to a 10-yr. term in order to insulate him from politics." pic.twitter.com/taPZmnvTSw
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
MORE: "Comey would become only the second FBI director in the history of the bureau to be fired by the president," Scott Pelley reports. pic.twitter.com/s7SfkyhqSZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies. – Jeffrey Toobin on CNN
— David Ingram (@David_Ingram) May 9, 2017
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