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:
Comments »MORE: "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