‘Does Anyone Still Believe That the STATED Reason for Comey’s Firing Was the ACTUAL Reason? Anyone?’
Good morning!
Does it feel like the Comey scandal – #ComeyGate – has been going on for weeks, not days? Perhaps because nearly every hour there’s a new twist, a new revelation. Wednesday night was filled with them.
So here are 5 things you need to know for today:
- “After President Trump accused his predecessor in March of wiretapping him, James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was flabbergasted. The president, Mr. Comey told associates, was ‘outside the realm of normal,’ even ‘crazy.'” (New York Times)
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“Mr. Trump fumed when Mr. Comey publicly dismissed the sensational wiretapping claim. In the weeks that followed, he grew angrier and began talking about firing Mr. Comey. After stewing last weekend while watching Sunday talk shows at his New Jersey golf resort, Mr. Trump decided it was time. There was ‘something wrong with’ Mr. Comey, he told aides.” (New York Times)
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote the letter Trump used as an excuse to fire Comey. There’s no question Comey was fired because of his investigation into Russia, and because he wasn’t sufficiently loyal to Trump. And Rosenstein “threatened to resign after the narrative emerging from the White House on Tuesday evening cast him as a prime mover of the decision to fire Comey and that the president acted only on his recommendation.” (Washington Post)
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“Mr. Comey’s associates also denied the claim made by Mr. Trump, in his letter firing Mr. Comey, that the director told him on three occasions that he wasn’t under investigation. They said Mr. Comey never gave Mr. Trump any such guidance, which would violate longstanding policies on criminal investigations. ‘That is literally farcical,’ said one associate.” (Wall Street Journal)
- Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney fired by Donald Trump, lets loose:
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