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posted by martyb on Friday May 12 2017, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Will-he-be-fired,-too?-- dept.

The new, temporary FBI Director Andrew G. McCabe says that employees loved Comey:

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Thursday rejected assertions by the White House that FBI employees had lost faith in James Comey and that the bureau's probe into Russian election meddling was one of its most minor concerns. "I hold Director Comey in the absolute highest regard. I have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity," McCabe told members of the Senate intelligence committee. He said Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, enjoyed "broad support within the FBI and still does to this day." He added, "The majority, the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey."

Furthermore, he will inform the Senate of any interference with the Russia investigation:

Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe vowed Thursday that he would tell the Senate Intelligence Committee if the White House tried to interfere with the bureau's probe of possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election — though he asserted that there had "been no effort to impede our investigation to date."

Meanwhile, President Trump has undermined the White House's messaging on Comey's firing, saying that he planned to fire "showboat" and "grandstander" James Comey regardless of any recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein. The President also insists that he is not under FBI investigation.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @04:52PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @04:52PM (#508711)

    Meanwhile, President Trump has undermined the White House's messaging on Comey's firing, saying that he planned to fire "showboat" and "grandstander" James Comey regardless of any recommendation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein.

    Yeah! Because the one thing Trump cannot tolerate is some "showboat" or "grandstander" standing is his limelight.

    The President also insists that he is not under FBI investigation.

    And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as misdirection. I'm shocked that Trump's supporters still stand by him after all this crap.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @06:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 12 2017, @06:36PM (#508786)

    I'm shocked that Trump's supporters still stand by him after all this crap.

    Don't be. Same thing happened with Watergate. The democrats and independents were in a constant state of WTF? And the republicans were "everything is fine, nothing to see here, its a liberal conspiracy."

    Here's an article from the SF Chronicle in 1973. [hood.edu] Swap in trump/russia for nixon/watergate and it could almost pass as something written today.