Trump goes after Democrats for crocodile tears and says Comey lost
confidence of 'almost everyone' in Washington – as calls grow for
independent probe into alleged Trump camp Russia ties
- Donald Trump defended his firing of James Comey in a series of tweets Wednesday morning
- He said Democrats have said 'some of the worst things' about Comey
- He noted that some have called for his firing
- He said Comey will be replaced by someone 'who will do a far better job'
- The
White House handed out information about Democrats trashing Comey in
the past immediately after word broke of Trump's sensational firing of
the FBI boss
- On Tuesday, Trump said
'Cryin' Chuck Schumer' was acting indignant for saying that he'd told
the President that firing Comey was a 'very big mistake'
- Trump fired FBI director James Comey in a letter that read: 'You are hereby terminated and removed from office immediately'
- Comey
found out on live TV screens in Los Angeles that he was being fired but
thought it was a joke until he was briefed by his staff
- Deputy
Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions
wrote formal memo saying they had no confidence in him
- Trump
used letter dismissing Comey to say: 'I greatly appreciate you
informing me, in three separate occasions, that I am not under
investigation'
- Democrats piled on by
comparing Trump to Richard Nixon who fired top justice officials in the
Saturday Night Massacre but Clinton aide said: 'No comment.'
- New
acting FBI director is Andrew McCabe - and he too is caught in the
toxic impact of Clinton as his politician wife got cash from a Hillary
ally
Published Updated: 10 May 2017
President Trump fired off a series of
blasts at fired FBI Director James Comey Wednesday morning, amid a
growing storm over his sudden firing of the longtime lawman a day
earlier and new calls for an independent Russia probe.
'Comey
lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and
Democrat alike,' Trump wrote in one of a series of tweets just hours
after firing the FBI boss. 'When things calm down, they will be thanking
me!' Trump continued.
The president
once again tried to keep the pressure on Democrats, many of whom have
publicly groaned about Comey's conduct during the Clinton email
investigation – but who took the president's sudden firing as a sign
that the president was orchestrating a 'cover-up' of his campaign's
alleged Russia ties.
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