Attorney General Jeff Sessions Was Ordered to Come Up With Reasons to Fire Jim Comey

It’s Apparent Comey Was Fired for a Made-Up Reason 

President Donald Trump did not know where his FBI Director was when he sent his longtime former personal bodyguard, Keith Schiller, to FBI headquarters to hand deliver a letter firing Jim Comey. Schiller is now the Director of Oval Office Operations.

Comey, as The New York Times reports, was in Los Angeles, addressing Bureau agents when the TVs behind him made the announcement that their leader, standing before them, was fired. Trump did not call Comey, nor did anyone else.

Ironically, tonight, Comey is scheduled to attend an FBI recruitment meeting.

Also ironically, it’s unclear how Comey will return to D.C. He is in L.A. with the FBI’s plane.

Reporters at CNN say the Trump administration had no idea the political backlash would be as huge as it is.

“Senior White House and Justice Department officials had been working on building a case against Mr. Comey since at least last week, according to administration officials,” the New York Times reports. “Attorney General Jeff Sessions had been charged with coming up with reasons to fire him, the officials said.”

That last note is stunning. Either there is a clear reason to fire someone, and you do so because of that. Or there isn’t, and you look for a reason. You make one up.

On MSNBC, Michael Isikoff just noted that the Trump camp had no replacement in mind or ready to go, yet claimed this firing was to restore confidence in the Bureau. He also noted that there is an Inspector General investigation into Comey’s actions surrounding Clinton’s emails – why not wait for that to conclude?

It’s clear this is a made up reason. It’s clear Comey was fired for his investigation into Trump, Trump associates, and Russia.

Elizabeth Warren weighed in, says “Comey was not fired because of Hillary. Comey was fired because of the Russians.”

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