The White House Lied About the Comey Firing, According to Acting FBI Director

The White House has offered shifting justifications for President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. White House officials initially insisted that the Department of Justice initiated the firing in response to Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, a story that soon fell apart. Trump, in a brief statement, said that Comey "was not doing a good job"—without further explanation. The administration has denied the dismissal had anything to do with the FBI's investigation of the Russian cyberattack on the 2016 campaign to help Trump, or with the bureau's inquiry into interactions between Trump associates and Russians. ...
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