Trump began his Twitter tirade on Tuesday night, slamming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for being upset over Comey’s firing despite the fact that Schumer has said he had no confidence in Comey’s leadership. Read more (5/10/17 9 AM)
Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly thought he was being pranked when he first saw news of his own firing, (New York Times)
Comey was speaking to FBI employees in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the Times reported, when news that he had been fired came up on the screen of a television that was playing in the background.
According to the Times, Comey saw it and “laughed, saying he thought it was a fairly funny prank.”
That’s when “his staff started scurrying around in the background and told Mr. Comey that he should step into a nearby office.“
At the time that Comey emerged and confirmed that he had been fired, he still had not heard directly from the White House, the Times reported. Read more (5/10/17 9 AM)
According to the Washington Post, White House press secretary Sean Spicer disappeared and hid behind a “tall hedge” after a brief interview with Fox Business on Tuesday night following the firing of FBI director James Comey — apparently in an effort to avoid a field of reporters hungry for answers.
Spicer first divulged news of Comey’s firing at around 5:40 p.m. by shouting it to nearby reporters outside his office, according to the Post.
After Spicer spent a few minutes in the shadows, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the White House press office, told reporters at the scene that Spicer would answer questions, but not on camera. Spicer then came out from the bushes. Read more (5/10/17)
Former FBI Director James Comey asked for a “significant increase” in resources for his bureau’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election, days before President Donald Trump unceremoniously fired Comey Tuesday evening, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
According to the Times’ report, Comey made the request last week in a meeting with deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, whose letter Trump used to justify Comey’s ouster.
The Department of Justice denied the report. Read more (5/10/17 12:30 PM)
