Trump mocks Comey backlash: President accuses Cryin’ Chuck Schumer of hypocrisy after Senate minority leader claims firing of FBI director has ‘shattered’ the criminal justice system
Donald Trump defended his firing of James Comey in a Tweet tuesday night
He mocked saying that ‘Cryin’ Chuck Schumer’ was acting indignant for saying that he’d told the President that firing Comey was a ‘very big mistake’
Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey in a letter that read: ‘You are hereby terminated and removed from office immediately.’
Comey found out on live TV screens in Los Angeles that he was being fired but thought it was a joke until he was briefed by his staff
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote formal memo saying they had no confidence in him
Trump used letter dismissing Comey to say: ‘I greatly appreciate you informing me, in three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation’
Democrats piled on by comparing Trump to Richard Nixon who fired top justice officials in the Saturday Night Massacre but Clinton aide said: ‘No comment.’
New acting FBI director is Andrew McCabe – and he too is caught in the toxic impact of Clinton as his politician wife got cash from a Hillary ally
By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR
DailyMail.com
10 May 2017
President Donald Trump has defended his sensational firing of FBI Director James Comey by mocking Senate minority leader ‘cryin’ Chuck Schumer.
In a tweet Trump wrote: ‘Cryin’ Chuck Schumer stated recently, “I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.” Then acts so indignant. #draintheswamp.’
This defense came hours after Schumer claimed that he told the President that firing Comey was ‘a very bad idea’
Trump told Comey that he was fired via a letter late Tuesday afternoon that read: ‘You are hereby terminated and removed from office immediately.’
In the letter, he claimed that the reasoning was days after he provided false testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about classified emails from Huma Abedin found on Anthony Weiner’s computer.
The letter sent shockwaves through Washington – and within just over an hour Democrats, led by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, were claiming the firing was a cover-up attempt over Trump’s alleged links to Russia.
‘Why did it happen today? We know the FBI had been looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians – a very serious offense. Were these investigations getting too close to home for the president?’ Schumer said in a press briefing.
However, as the President pointed out, Schumer didn’t always have that kind of support for Comey.
‘I do not have confidence in him any longer,’ he said in early November in reference to Comey’s 11th hour decision to look into Clinton’s improper private email server, which he said was ‘appalling.’
That being said, in Schumer’s press briefing, he didn’t offer up any specific support for the former FBI director, he simply pointed out the convenient timing of the firing.
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