Trump's move was so sudden that his White House staff, accustomed to his impromptu style, was caught off guard.
The Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to its investigation into Russia's election meddling. If it happens, it will take place behind closed doors.
Other GOP House members did talk about the Comey controversy.
The White House said Trump had lost confidence in Comey.
"I can not 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 almost universal judgement that he was mistaken", Rosenstein said, adding that Comey was wrong to "usurp" the Attorney General's authority on July 5 past year and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution.
Schumer also questioned the timing of Comey's firing in a press conference Tuesday night.
Democrats have been empowered by Trump's decision to fire Comey, and if a special prosecutor is not appointed, Republicans may see the Congress consumed by Trump's scandal.
Guadagno, a former Monmouth County sheriff and federal prosecutor, also endorsed the idea of having a special prosecutor look into whether Trump, a fellow Republican, and his administration have any ties to Russian Federation. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
"If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president", Clinton told CNN's Christiane Amanpour at a Women for Women event in NY last week. Putin also said the ouster would not impact US-Russian relations. "President Trump is acting in accordance with his competence and the importance with his law and Constitution".
In his letter to Comey, Trump said Comey had informed him "on three separate occasions" that he was "not under investigation".
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But Alves was not done. "That would give us the opportunity of playing the return leg in Turin with massive motivation". With two away goals for Juventus , Monaco will have to hope they can do the same and take the game to extra time .
"Dems have been complaining for months & months about Dir".
Comey's firing has cast a cloud over the future of the FBI's inquiry into Russia's interference in last year's presidential election.
"At this point we arguably do not have a legitimate president or administration", Krugman tweeted in response to a story about Democrats boycotting Senate committee meetings due to the firing. A former boss in the Clinton Justice Department, Philip Heymann, told The Guardian that he was surprised Trump had not chosen someone more partisan.
Joe Manchin is calling on the president to appoint a special prosecutor in the investigation into Russia's potential tampering in the 2016 presidential race.
During Wednesday's White House press briefing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, filling in for Sean Spicer, claimed a need to "drain the swamp back a little bit further".
Their meeting was the highest-level public contact between Trump and Putin's government since Trump took office on January 20. Among names generating speculation: former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., who led the investigation into the deadly attacks on a USA facility in Benghazi, Libya.
The Senate's minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, said Rosenstein should appoint a special prosecutor, and he also called on McConnell to hold closed and potentially classified briefings with all U.S. senators to question the top Justice Department officials, Sessions and Rosenstein.
The Richard Nixon Library pushed back on the comparison on its official Twitter account Tuesday, writing: "FUN FACT: President Nixon never fired the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation".
Trump is set to meet with Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in July.
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