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There's plenty of heat in Washington, D.C. this week over president Donald Trump 's decision to fire Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey . Which is interesting because the last time we checked Trump had the right to hire or fire anyone he pleases within the executive branch of government - for any reason he pleases.
The acting head of the FBI says the investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia will continue unimpeded despite the sacking of the bureau's director James Comey. Donald Trump's decision to fire Mr Comey earlier this week has been widely criticized and acting director Andrew McCabe has vowed to speak out if anyone tries to interfere with the investigation.
Democrats in Congress are questioning the timing of Donald Trump's Tuesday night firing of FBI Director James Comey and many say they suspect the president may be trying to obstruct the bureau's investigation into possible collusion between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government. But less than a year ago, some of the same Democratic politicians who are now attacking Trump for firing Comey called for the former FBI director's resignation or questioned his credibility.
The man who took over from ousted FBI Director James Comey declined to say on Thursday whether he ever heard Comey tell Donald Trump that the president was not a target of an investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, acting FBI director Andrew McCabe also pledged that he would inform the panel of any effort by the White House or others to interfere with the agency's probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
In this Sept. 24, 2014, file photo, FBI special agent Adam Lee announces that Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. has been arrested in Galveston, Texas, during a news conference in Charlottesville.
In justifying President Donald Trump 's firing of James Comey , the White House claimed that federal agents had lost faith in their former FBI director. But the current acting head of the bureau told members of Congress on Thursday that simply isn't true.
Appearing as a panel member on Thursday's New Day to discuss the firing of former FBI director James Comey, regular CNN guest Jason Johnson of The Root hyperbolically fretted that "this is how democracy dies" and worried that it was a "constitutional and a sovereignty crisis." A bit later, he even managed to work in a reference to O.J. Simpson as the group discussed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's role in the firing.
Chris Pratt has volunteered his Parks And Recreation alter ego to take over the role of dismissed FBI director James Comey. After US President Donald Trump dismissed the bureau's top man, Pratt tweeted footage of "FBI Agent Burt Macklin" in action, adding: "Just lemme know."
After FBI Director James Comey's firing, his successor faces a tough challenge to assert independence while pursuing a politically-charged investigation into links between Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign and Russia. Analysts and former agents say Comey's exit gives the Federal Bureau of Investigation much-needed space to get past accusations that he botched the probe into Hillary Clinton's email server last year, helping swing the election to Trump.
President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under President Richard Nixon, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Washington. less President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under President Richard Nixon, in the Oval Office of the White House, ... more WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump asserted in his extraordinary letter firing James Comey that the ousted FBI director told him three times he's not under investigation, a questionable claim that if true would be a startling breach of protocol.
A farewell letter from James Comey that has circulated among friends and colleagues says he does not plan to dwell on Donald Trump's decision to fire him or on "the way it was executed". A farewell letter from James Comey that has circulated among friends and colleagues says he does not plan to dwell on Donald Trump's decision to fire him or on "the way it was executed".
FBI agents continued to reel Wednesday from Director James Comey's unceremonious dismissal a day earlier, their surprise at the manner of his ouster coupled with questions about who will next lead the bureau. Many agents working in field offices across the country learned about their director's firing in much the same way he did: from news reports that flashed on television screens and buzzed on phones.
U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy was all set to become a judge on the U.S. fourth circuit court of appeals - and that may still happen . But this week's bombshell decision by U.S. president Donald Trump to fire James Comey - director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - has propelled Gowdy to the top of the list of possible future leaders of our nation's top law enforcement agency.
With the firing of now-former FBI director James Comey, Andrew G. McCabe has been named acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Before joining the FBI, McCabe was a private practice lawyer.
President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday, setting off questions and criticisms about the FBI's ongoing investigation into possible collusions between Russia and Trump's campaign. Trump cited Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server for government business, and politicians on both sides of the aisle have questioned that rationale.
Donald Trump doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt. But our president is accustomed to receiving things he hasn't earned, so let's give it to him, anyway.
The Republican party is mostly closing ranks around its president, shielding Donald Trump against attacks over the historic firing of an FBI director who was investigating his campaign's ties to Russia. Wednesday's circling of conservative wagons following the firing of FBI director James Comey extended from cable-news chatter to the party brass.
US President Donald Trump has "terminated" FBI director James Comey with the top US law enforcement official ousted while he was speaking to agents. The firing came as the FBI investigated whether Mr Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's meddling in the election that sent him to the White House.
Some Twitter reaction to President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey amid the bureau's investigation into allegations his campaign had ties to Russia. "Comey should be immediately called to testify in an open hearing about the status of Russia/Trump investigation at the time he was fired."
The surprise firing of FBI director James Comey on Tuesday quickly ignited speculation about who could be next in line as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Donald Trump notified Comey, who was leading an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, of his termination via a letter Tuesday.