This past Tuesday President Trump fired Director of the FBI James Comey. Comey was leading an investigation into whether any of Trump's advisors collaborated with Russia to affect our presidential election. This is a rather shocking move by the President, firing the man who was leading the investigation into Russia and Trump's involvement. "Mr. Trump explained the firing by citing Mr. Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server" [1] This explanation doesn't seem to make any sense seeing as Trump was the one who gained the most out of the investigation into clinton. It was a political goldmine and Trump would often use it to damage the reputation of Hillary Clinton during the campaign.The President said in a letter to Comey “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,” [1] Republicans and Democrats both were shocked with this sudden move. The whole situation just seems like President Trump is trying to get rid of the man investigating him. It has been released that Comey had actually asked for more resources for the investigation just day before his firing. [2]
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