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Seemed to be confirmed as real, so here are letters being floated as from Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein firing Comey and blaming the Clinton investigation Tru

by fooey 9y ago

Seemed to be confirmed as real, so here are letters being floated as from Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein firing Comey and blaming the Clinton investigation Trump: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apTsDXoAAVKYn.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apTsDXoAAVKYn.jpg AG Sessions: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apUYrXgAAihp2.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apUYrXgAAihp2.jpg Deputy AG Rosenstein: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apVImXcAIKhfm.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_apVImXcAIKhfm.jpg Dear Director Comey: I have received the attached letters from the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and 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 judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau. It it essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

drewbug01 9y ago
It's linked in the sidebar on the NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-f... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/09/us/politics/document-White-House-Fires-James-Comey.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/09/us/politics/d...
- fooey 9y ago
  Honestly, I was hoping the Trump letter at least was satire.
dguaraglia 9y ago
Oh, wow, so this is where they are going. Call me cynical, but it sounds like a distraction tactic from the current investigation into Trump's campaign ties to Russian interests. EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens.
- mattnewton 9y ago
  Trump just couldn't help but include it. He has no shame.
- frankzinger 9y ago
  > EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens. He actually said "... that I am not under investigation...", quite different, so it doesn't actually contradict anything Comey said in the hearings.
anigbrowl 9y ago
We're so concerned that Comey might have messed up the election that we won, a victory that we remind people of at every available opportunity. Bad James Comey! Very naughty!
wonderwonder 9y ago
This man cannot help making everything about him. If it was anyone else it would elicit a rueful shake of my head and a comment about a gross display of childishness and saying Na Na Na Na to the bullied kid. But as it comes from the president of the United States, it's terrifying.
- ealdent 9y ago
  Well, he is a narcissist, so everything is about him, right?
frankzinger 9y ago
Sorry, but the horizontal scrolling kills me. Dear Director Comey: I have received the attached letters from the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and 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 judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau. It it essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
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by fooey 9y ago

drewbug01 9y ago

It's linked in the sidebar on the NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-f... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/09/us/politics/document-White-House-Fires-James-Comey.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/09/us/politics/d...

fooey 9y ago
Honestly, I was hoping the Trump letter at least was satire.

dguaraglia 9y ago

Oh, wow, so this is where they are going. Call me cynical, but it sounds like a distraction tactic from the current investigation into Trump's campaign ties to Russian interests. EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens.

mattnewton 9y ago
Trump just couldn't help but include it. He has no shame.
frankzinger 9y ago
> EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens. He actually said "... that I am not under investigation...", quite different, so it doesn't actually contradict anything Comey said in the hearings.

anigbrowl 9y ago

We're so concerned that Comey might have messed up the election that we won, a victory that we remind people of at every available opportunity. Bad James Comey! Very naughty!

wonderwonder 9y ago

This man cannot help making everything about him. If it was anyone else it would elicit a rueful shake of my head and a comment about a gross display of childishness and saying Na Na Na Na to the bullied kid. But as it comes from the president of the United States, it's terrifying.

ealdent 9y ago
Well, he is a narcissist, so everything is about him, right?

frankzinger 9y ago

Sorry, but the horizontal scrolling kills me. Dear Director Comey: I have received the attached letters from the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and 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 judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau. It it essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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