Jeff Zelony and Wolf Blitzer, of CNN, report hat President Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.
More as this story develops.
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"Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office," the White House statement reads.
"President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions," the statement said.
President Trump has previously been critical of Comey, suggesting that his actions helped Hillary Clinton during the campaign, while Clinton blamed Comey and his late announcement about the FBI's investigation into her email server contributed to her electoral college loss.
"FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?" Trump wrote in two tweets on May 2.
Jeffery Toobin is calling this a “grotesque abuse abuse of power."
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 · 10:11:04 PM +00:00 · HoundDog
It is now imperative to have a special prosecutor and independent commission to assure this is not an improper attempt to influence the FBI investigation of potential cooperation between Russia and the Trump administration and to preserve the credibility of the justice department and FBI investigation.