President Trump shakes hands with James Comey director of the FBI. |
According to sources from the White House, the FBI director has been fired. The decision was made based on the recommendations of Attorney Genera and Deputy Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosentein respectively.
According to the deputy Attorney General, Rosenstein, says in the letter that it was wrong of Comey to say that the investigation into Clinton's private email server should be closed and that no charges should be issued.
The letter goes on to allege that Comey was wrong to later, "hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation."
"Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office," the White house statement reads.
In addition to a statement, the White House released the letter that Trump wrote directly to Comey dismissing him at the recommendation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general,
"effective immediately."
"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," Trump writes.
"It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission," Trump's letter states.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' letter to the president was also released, wherein he states that he has
"concluded that a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI."
"It is essential that this Department of Justice clearly reaffirm its commitment to longstanding principles that ensure the integrity and fairness of federal investigations and prosecutions. The Director of the FBI must be someone who follows faithfully the rules and principles of the Department of Justice and who sets the right example for our law enforcement officials and others in the Department," Sessions writes.
The letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein credits Comey with being "an articulate and persuasive public speaker about leadership" but goes on to note that he "cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken."
"Almost everyone agrees that the Director made serious mistakes; it is one the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives," Rosenstein writes.
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