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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: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday May 12 2017, @07:17PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday May 12 2017, @07:17PM (#508805)

    Yeah, you're right about that. But I think the citizens tend to look over that stuff and concentrate on the regular servicemembers, not just the top brass. Enlisted servicemembers aren't getting rich (though they do have a pretty good deal with educational benefits). Whereas with the police, for instance, there's a perception among much of the population that the police aren't working for them, but rather against them, which is proven by the way police departments use traffic citations as a revenue source and focus entirely on speeding and not on other more-dangerous driving habits. Giving a speeding ticket to someone driving alone on an empty stretch of rural road at 3AM going 10mph over an unreasonably-low limit not set by civil engineers is not improving safety.

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