After receiving a recommendation from the DOJ, President Trump just gave FBI Director James Comey the axe.
“… you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately. While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau.”
Quite frankly, this should have been done on day one – instead of days after Comey testified in the middle of the investigation into Russian election interference. The optics are bad – and carries the appearance of retribution for the FBI investigation into Trump / Russia connections during the 2016 election. Surprisingly, Edward Snowden has come to Comey’s defense!
Set aside politics: every American should condemn such political interference in the Bureau's work. https://t.co/hROwSMg1vd
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) May 9, 2017
Unsurprisingly, the left is flipping out:
"This is an investigator investigating the White House and he has just been fired by the White House" @JeffreyToobin just now #COMEY
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 9, 2017
MORE: "Comey would become only the second FBI director in the history of the bureau to be fired by the president," Scott Pelley reports. pic.twitter.com/s7SfkyhqSZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
Meanwhile, senator Chuck Grassley defends the decision, citing the Clinton email investigation debacle as a “clear example of how Comey’s decisions have called into question the trust and political independence of the FBI”
Senate Judiciary Chair @ChuckGrassley defends Trump's decision to fire #Comey pic.twitter.com/TLCVa2wdyb
— Kristin Fisher (@KristinFisher) May 9, 2017
#Trump fires guy who they say cost #Hillary the election & they're STILL Outraged. 360-degree hate. They have every angle covered. #COMEY
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) May 9, 2017
What do we know about Jim Comey?
He appears to have spent several years as a Clinton / Globalist operative – earning $ 6 Million dollars in one year as Lockheed’s top lawyer, the same year the egregiously overbudget F-35 manufacturer made a huge donation to the Clinton Foundation. Comey also landed a seat on the board of HSBC bank shortly after NY AG (at the time) Loretta “tarmac” Lynch let the Clinton Foundation partner slide with a slap on the wrist for laundering drug money.
Then there was the kangaroo court FBI investigation of Clinton’s private server – in which Comey’s team recommended not prosecuting Hillary despite admitting horrendous breaches of protocol that would have landed any other Federal employee in prison. Back then, democrats loved him!
But then – reportedly under threat of leaks from the NYPD over Anthony Weiner’s laptop contents, Comey re-opened the investigation into Hillary’s private server a week and a half before the election, sifting through hundreds of thousands of emails in mere days – only to find no wrongdoing the day before polls opened. The Clinton camp has openly blamed Comey for contributing to Hillary’s loss – though they haven’t clarified if he’s ever spoken with a Russian ambassador, or where Comey’s actions rank in the whole blame game.
So, Comey is out. Good riddens to a another swamp monster – though the timing is at best ill advised. Read Trump’s letter to him below:
Trump, in letter to #Comey, says it is essential to find new leadership for the FBI to restore public trust. pic.twitter.com/jW7c7hbEKL
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) May 9, 2017
And Jeff Sessions’ letter to Trump:
AG Jeff Sessions' letter of recommendation to fire FBI head #Comey. pic.twitter.com/wwI4e2BpXg
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) May 9, 2017
As well as part of the deputy AG’s letter:
If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterMORE: "I cannot defend [Comey's] handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Sec. Clinton's emails," deputy AG writes to Pres. Trump. pic.twitter.com/EsGHpUDI5p
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2017
It begins libtards. See how you fucktards deal with the other side standing up to the endless bitching and faggotry. No moar will women and manlets run the show.
GIULIANI TO HEAD FBI?
Sleep well Hillary.
chris christie?
Guiliani
Trump better be very very careful with this appointment …
Fat pay checks from banks and the military industrial complex? No, no, no.
Gosh and golly …based on MSM reporting, I thought he was devout and humble civil servant who worked his way up through the ranks …getting a law degree by going to night school.
Nice reportage ZPN