FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-9-17] fired FBI Director James Comey after his attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended his removal.
‘The FBI is one of our nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,’ Trump said in a statement.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said shortly before 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday that Comey was ‘notified a short time ago,’ but declined to say how Comey was notified. Comey’s dismissal took effect immediately.
Spicer told reporters that Comey ‘accepted the recommendation of the deputy attorney general and the attorney general,’ who both recommended Comey’s ‘dismissal.’
The White House said it will immediately launch the search for a new FBI director.”
-Jeff Zeleny, Jeremy Diamond, and Eli Watkins, “Trump fires FBI director James Comey,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 9, 2017 6:08pm