Days Before He Was Fired Comey Asked For “Significant Increase” In Funds For Russia Probe; DOJ Denies
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
May 10, 2017
With the political punditry debating whether Trump’s real motive to sack Comey was the FBI Director’s escalating probe into Trump’s ties to Russia, despite – as Trump stated in his letter to Comey – the president allegedly being assured three times there was no investigation – the NYT reported moments ago that Comey had requested a significant increase in funds and personnel in connection with the Russia probe just days before he was fired.
From the NYT:
Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the presidential election, according to three officials with knowledge of his request.
Mr. Comey asked for the resources during a meeting last week with Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who wrote the Justice Department’s memo that was used to justify the firing of the F.B.I. director this week.
Mr. Comey then briefed members of Congress on the meeting in recent days.
To be sure, this completes the circle of theories presented earlier by Politico and WaPo, both of which suggested that the real reason behind Comey’s termination was not disappointment over handling of the Hillary scandal, but self-preservation ahead of the Russian probe.
Predictably, the a DOJ spokeswoman flatly denied the Times’ report on Wednesday:
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