" the current Counselor to the President appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss Donald Trump's recent firing of FBI Director James Comey - and in the process, inspired an epic eye roll from Cooper".
In his letter to Comey, Trump thanked him for telling him three times "that I am not under investigation".
Democrats also continued to hammer President Donald Trump's decision on Comey.
"I have now made a decision to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States", Sessions said March 2.
There's also the fact Comey was leading an investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian Federation regarding its interference in the 2016 USA presidential election.
"The facts that are in the public today are very clear", Pence stated. The FBI, which the attorney general oversees, is conducting an investigation into Trump associates' ties to Russian Federation.
Russian officials have repeatedly denied allegations of interfering in U.S. elections, and have characterized the charges as an absurd attempt to distract the United States public from revelations of corruption and other domestic concerns.
In a statement Wednesday afternoon, his Republican counterpart, U.S. Sen. Before Comey's confirmation in 2013, Rogers was the FBI Agents Association's top recommendation to serve as FBI director.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos booed speaking at historically black university
The booing became an uproar again mid-speech, when DeVos said she would be visiting the grave of the school's founder. That gives us profound understanding of the thousands of petitions signed calling for Jackson's resignation.
Mr. Trump has gone into self-congratulatory mode since the firing, tweeting that "Comey lost the confidence of nearly everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike".
Authority to Appoint Special Prosecutor Rosenstein has the authority to appoint an independent special prosecutor to investigate Russia's actions during the 2016 election, as Democrats and some Republicans are calling for. "Already got his clearances", he said. In just a hint of the blowback, Republicans are breaking ranks and joining Democrats in calls for a special prosecutor -- outside the Trump administration's chain of command -- take over the criminal inquiry.
Sullivan said Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional inquiries into Russian involvement in the 2016 election should continue during the transition to Comey's eventual replacement.
The FBI has said that Andrew McCabe played no role in fundraising events for his wife's campaign and that he did not assume an oversight role in the Clinton emails investigation until after his wife's campaign had finished. Congressional intelligence committees also have launched their own probes on the matter.
A New York Times investigation found that Blumenthal received at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and records show he enlisted in the Marine Reserve - a move that "virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam", according to the Times. CNN legal expert Jeffrey Toobin called the firing an "outrage".
"I suspect this is an effort at distraction", Heck said about Comey's firing. As a candidate, he cheered Comey's tough stance on Clinton's use of a personal email and private internet server during her tenure as secretary of state.
During the Senate committee hearing on May 3, ranking committee member Sen. Comey had said Clinton should not be charged but criticized her work habits.
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