PeterS

Comey was just fired over how he handled the Hillary E-Mail scandal. Good! The question is: why now?

Trump is forcing the appointment of a special prosecutor. Not since Nixon has a president fired people who were in the process of investigating his administration...

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Has nothing to do with that, as there is nothig to get...... They would have had it by now, Peter~~

As for firing Comey~~He should have been toast when Trump took office..The lyin weasel !!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-james-comey-fired/story?id=47309009

Lets see his explanation of the 6 million payoff he got from Hills racketeerng foundation....

Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ

Where can we see that info about the 6 million.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

It was in the leaked emails but I know there is an article or two,I'll check and get it for you..

Meanwhile~~~

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FBI Director James Comey has been fired
By JONATHAN KARL MEGHAN KENEALLY JUSTIN FISHEL May 9, 2017, 5:56 PM ET
PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 3, 2017.Gabriella Demczuk/New York Times via Redux
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FBI Director James Comey has been fired, according to the White House.

"Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office," the White House statement reads.

"President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions," the statement said.

In addition to a statement, the White House released the letter that Trump wrote directly to Comey dismissing him at the recommendation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general, "effective immediately."

"While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau," Trump wrote.

"It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission," Trump's letter states.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' letter to the president was also released, wherein he states that he has "concluded that a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."

Comey gave inaccurate testimony to Congress on Clinton emails, sources say
"It is essential that this Department of Justice clearly reaffirm its commitment to longstanding principles that ensure the integrity and fairness of federal investigations and prosecutions. The Director of the FBI must be someone who follows faithfully the rules and principles of the Department of Justice and who sets the right example for our law enforcement officials and others in the Department," Sessions wrote.

The acting FBI Director is Andrew McCabe, who was Comey's deputy prior to his firing. The attorney general will likely name an interim FBI Director in the coming days while the search is on for a permanent replacement.

President Trump has previously been critical of Comey, suggesting that his actions helped Hillary Clinton during the campaign, while Clinton blamed Comey and his late announcement about the FBI's investigation into her email server contributed to her electoral college loss.

"FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?" Trump wrote in two tweets on May 2.

In the wake of those tweets, press secretary Sean Spicer said "the president has confidence in the director" on May 3.

At the White House press briefing today, however, Spicer was reluctant to repeat that statement without first checking with the president. When ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl pressed Spicer today about the Comey’s inaccurate statements to Congress regarding Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s handling of emails, Spicer said he’d have to speak to the president first.

"In light of what you are telling me, I don't want to start speaking on behalf of the president without speaking to him first," Spicer said.

Comey, 56, was appointed to head the FBI in September 2013 by then-President Barack Obama. FBI directors typically serve a 10-year term, and his firing today means that he will have only served less than four years. Prior to that, he served as a deputy attorney general and a state's attorney.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, was one of the first politicians outside of the White House to release a statement. Graham acknowledged that it "was a difficult decision for all concerned" and said that he appreciates Comey's public service.

"Given the recent controversies surrounding the director, I believe a fresh start will serve the FBI and the nation well. I encourage the President to select the most qualified professional available who will serve our nation’s interests," Graham's statement concluded~~

Just out~~

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Here's just one..I saw about 20 listed in google~~

http://thewashingtonstandard.com/fbi-director-comey-took-millions-clinton-foundation-defense-contractor/

Your best source is the leaked emails from Comey to hills or Hills to him~~ There is no denying he got it...Snopes said it was unproven and then a number came out confirming it and snopes admitted they were just a tracking site that doesn't investigate~~yeahhhhhh right!!

moldyoldy

Tim Brown is an author and Editor at FreedomOutpost.com, SonsOfLibertyMedia.com, GunsInTheNews.com and TheWashingtonStandard.com. He is husband to his "more precious than rubies" wife, father of 10 "mighty arrows", jack of all trades, Christian and lover of liberty. He resides in the U.S. occupied Great State of South Carolina. Tim is also an affiliate for the Joshua Mark 5 AR/AK hybrid semi-automatic rifle.

I can smell the bias from that source. Anyone who donated to Hillary in the past means the payoff came from Hillary, so that would include trump also.

Ricko Loc: Florida

PeterS-Comey was/is ineffective and should have been fired from day one. The FBI will continue to investigate
the fake Trump/Russian collusion BS without Comey. Of course, we will hear moans and groans from the
democrats who are running out of fake investigations. America First !!!

Mr Bombastic

Ha! Welcome to the private sector. Lol.

Mr Bombastic

I could be mistaken, but I think I detect a note of sarcasm.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Hey don't like the source, no problem, google has many others you may chose from, have at it~~

moldyoldy

You say Clinton gave him money, your story says that people who have donated to Clinton gave him money. That is not a story, that is a joke.

PeterS

Comey got a 6 million dollar payoff? Why would Hillary pay off Comey since he is the one who likely sunk her campaign?

PeterS

The problem is, those that support your accusations all come from the far right. Snopes completely debunks the accusations and had Comey found Hillary guilty and recommended prosecution you would have been too busy celebrating to care how much money Comey made. In the end you got what you wanted and Comey was instrumental in giving it to you. His firing won't change the investigation--it will still go on only now with more people demanding a special prosecutor.

As much as you guys would like all this to go away the firing of Comey guaranteed that it won't any time soon. Firing Archibald Cox was the first shovel into Nixon's grave. You had better hope that the same isn't true here...

http://www.snopes.com/comey-clinton-foundation/

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Ummm, the FBI was not investigating the Trump administration. Why now? Because the democraps did everything they could to block confirmation of Sessions as AG, he did not get confirmed until February. His deputy, Rosenstein, has been in office two weeks. It's about freaking time is "why now."

Look up everything the democraps said about Comey (especially that senate serpent Schumer) while Obama was in offfice. And then look at their hypocrisy now.


Memorandum for the Attorney General

FROM: Rod J Rosenstein

SUBJECT: Restoring public confidence in the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long been regarded as our nation's premier federal investigative agency. Over the past year, however, the FBI's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage, and it has affected the entire Department of Justice. That is deeply troubling to many Department employees and veterans, legislators and citizens.
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The current FBI Director is an articulate and persuasive speaker about leadership and the immutable principles of the Department of Justice. He deserves our appreciation for his public service. As you and I have discussed, however, I cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken. Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives.

The director was wrong to usurp the Attorney General's authority on July 5, 2016, and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution. It is not the function of the Director to make such an announcement. At most, the Director should have said the FBI had completed its investigation and presented its findings to federal prosecutors. The Director now defends his decision by asserting that he believed attorney General Loretta Lynch had a conflict. But the FBI Director is never empowered to supplant federal prosecutors and assume command of the Justice Department. There is a well-established process for other officials to step in when a conflict requires the recusal of the Attorney General. On July 5, however, the Director announced his own conclusions about the nation's most sensitive criminal investigation, without the authorization of duly appointed Justice Department leaders.

What was Clinton FBI probe about?

Compounding the error, the Director ignored another longstanding principle: we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation. Derogatory information sometimes is disclosed in the course of criminal investigations and prosecutions, but we never release it gratuitously. The Director laid out his version of the facts for the news media as if it were a closing argument, but without a trial. It is a textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.

In response to skeptical question at a congressional hearing, the Director defended his remarks by saying that his "goal was to say what is true. What did we do, what did we find, what do we think about it." But the goal of a federal criminal investigation is not to announce our thoughts at a press conference. The goal is to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify a federal criminal prosecution, then allow a federal prosecutor who exercises authority delegated by the Attorney General to make a prosecutorial decision, and then - if prosecution is warranted - let the judge and jury determine the facts. We sometimes release information about closed investigations in appropriate ways, but the FBI does not do it sua sponte.

Concerning his letter to the Congress on October 28, 2016, the Director cast his decision as a choice between whether he would "speak" about the FBI's decision to investigate the newly-discovered email messages or "conceal" it. "Conceal" is a loaded term that misstates the issue. When federal agents and prosecutors quietly open a criminal investigation, we are not concealing anything; we are simply following the longstanding policy that we refrain from publicizing non-public information. In that context, silence is not concealment.

My perspective on these issues is shared by former Attorneys General and Deputy Attorneys General from different eras and both political parties. Judge Laurence Silberman, who served as Deputy Attorneys General under President Ford, wrote that "it is not the bureau's responsibility to opine on whether a matter should be prosecuted." Silberman believes that the Director's "Performance was so inappropriate for an FBI director that [he] doubt[s] the bureau will ever completely recover." Jamie Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General under President George W. Bush, to opine that the Director had "chosen personally to restrike the balance between transparency and fairness, department from the department's traditions." They concluded that the Director violated his obligation to "preserve, protect and defend" the traditions of the Department and the FBI.

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who served under President George W Bush, observed the Director "stepped way outside his job in disclosing the recommendation in that fashion" because the FBI director "doesn't make that decision". Alberto Gonzales, who also served as Attorneys General under President George W Bush, called the decision "an error in judgement." Eric Holder, who served as Deputy Attorneys General under President Clinton and Attorneys General under President Obama, said that the Director's decision "was incorrect. It violated long-standing Justice Department policies and traditions. And it ran counter to guidance that I put in place four years ago laying out the proper way to conduct investigations during an election season." Holder concluded that the Director "broke with these fundamental principles" and "negatively affected public trust in both the Justice Department and the FBI".

Former Deputy Attorneys General Gorelick and Thompson described the unusual event as "read-time, raw-take transparency taken to its illogical limit, a kind of reality TV of federal criminal investigation," that is "antithetical to the interests of justice".

Donald Ayer, who served as Deputy Attorneys General under President HW Bush, along with former Justice Department officials, was "astonished and perplexed" by the decision to "break[] with longstanding practices followed by officials of both parties during past elections." Ayer's letter noted, "Perhaps most troubling… is the precedent set by this departure from the Department's widely-respected, non-partisan traditions."

We should reject the departure and return to the traditions.

Although the President has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly. I agree with the nearly unanimous opinions of former Department officials. The way the Director handled the conclusion of the email investigation was wrong. As a result, the FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions.

PeterS

The FBI isn't investigating the Trump administration? Then why did Comey say that they were? According to reports members of Trumps team have been under investigation since last July. Maybe now Comey can tell us if those investigations have been wrapped up or not. And Trump didn't need his AG to recommend the firing--Comey's actions investigating Hillary demanded that he be removed. He assumed powers not given to the FBI and he deserved to be fired for that if nothing else...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/its-official-the-fbi-is-investigating-trumps-links-to-russia/520134/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/us/politics/fbi-investigation-trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/fbi-director-comey-confirms-investigation-trump-campaigns-russia-ties/