FBI’s Comey says won’t dwell on sacking, will “be fine”

Comey has been a political ping-pong ball for the past year.

Comey gave explosive testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, offering broad themes of some of the FBI’s work in the Trump-Russia investigation.

For the moment, the bureau is being run by Andrew McCabe, a veteran FBI agent and previous deputy director who was at Comey’s side as he navigated the politically perilous currents of the Clinton and Russian Federation investigations that ultimately brought him down. Republican leaders brushed off the idea as unnecessary. They suggested the president was persuaded to act by Justice Department officials and a memo from Mr Rosenstein.

“You can not fire the man who is investigating you”, Olbermann emphatically repeated.

“To a president obsessed with loyalty, Mr. Comey was a rogue operator who could not be trusted as the FBI investigated Russian ties to Mr. Trump’s campaign”, The Times reported.

But the White House explanation was greeted with overwhelming skepticism from Democrats and some Republicans.

Comey, in the letter, said that he would be fine and would not spend time thinking about the decision or the way it was executed, CNN reports.

However, Sanders said that the White House was encouraging the FBI to continue with its investigation into Russian contacts with the Trump campaign. He has since called for investigations into the matter.

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona reiterated his call for a special committee to investigate Russia’s election meddling, and some Republican members of the House of Representatives, including Reps. Comey’s deputy, Andrew McCabe, takes over in the interim.

Former FBI Director James Comey.

It’s a lot to ask for of a guy who just started this job and already has been a tool of the president and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who despite his vow to recuse himself from Russia-related issues curiously reinserted himself in drumming Comey out of a job.

Rosenstein, a veteran federal prosecutor who most recently served as the US attorney in Maryland, was confirmed in a nearly-unanimous bipartisan vote in April. Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores denied that Mr Comey had asked for more resources.

“I have long believed that a president can fire an Federal Bureau of Investigation director for any reason, or for no reason at all”, Mr Comey wrote in the letter, which was first obtained by CNN. That same day, Trump fired Comey.

“I’m going to try to figure out why the timing and why it happened at this point”, said Sen.

“I’ve spent the last several hours trying to find an acceptable rationale for the timing of Comey’s firing”. President Bill Clinton dismissed William Sessions for alleged ethical lapses in 1993.

The contradiction is the latest in a series of inconsistencies to arise in the White House’s account of Comey’s ouster.

“These three investigations are the way to go”, Ryan said.

“Nobody wants this to be finished and completed more than us”, she said.