What now for the FBI's Trump-Russia probe?

The Trump administration said on Tuesday Comey was sacked because of his handling of the Clinton email probe.

Democrats slammed Trump's action, comparing it to President Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" decision to fire the independent special prosecutor overseeing the Watergate investigation in 1973, which prompted the resignations of the Justice Department's top two officials. In March of that year, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program.But his prominent role in the 2016 presidential campaign raised questions about his judgment and impartiality. The firing stunned Washington and plunged Trump deeper into a controversy over his campaign's alleged ties with Russian Federation that has dogged the early days of his presidency, while also threatening to hinder his policy goals."He wasn't doing a good job, very simply", the Republican president said of Comey during a meeting with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the White House Oval Office.A congressional source with knowledge of the matter said Comey told lawmakers within the past few days he had asked the Justice Department to make additional resources available - mainly more staffing - for the Russian Federation probe.

Warren said she thinks there is "no doubt" a that's what is taking place.

But many felt loyalty to Comey and appreciated his independence to both sides of the political aisle, especially with critical comments President Donald Trump made about the intelligence community during the campaign and early in his presidency, as well as the former director's efforts to streamline administrative processes. His casual demeanor - he'd regularly appear without a suit coat at freewheeling meetings with reporters, dabbled with Twitter and joked often about the toll the job had taken on his imposing height - served for many agents as a welcome change from the bureau's historically buttoned-up culture. "Now that he has been fired they PRETEND to be aggrieved". He'd say how he strove to be sensitive to the feelings of subordinates, aware that cross words or a bored look during a conversation could "hurt them in ways that would last". But he said he had no regrets and would make the same decision again.

House Speaker Paul Ryan took to Fox News to address the recent firing of former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, and in doing so, appeared to support President Donald Trump's decision. He spoke briefly and told them to focus on the FBI's mission.

"The president ... had lost confidence in Director Comey", Sanders told reporters.

He also said "it's very hard to leave a group of people who are committed only to doing the right thing". A person who had seen the note confirmed to The Associated Press that the online version was authentic. Comey's deputy, Andrew McCabe, would presumably take over in the interim.

"Where are we going, and what's our direction, and are we going to be politicized?"

Insinuating that Trump is utterly guilty of a coverup, Olbermann continued, "To do so is to immediately and irreversibly take whatever problems you face, whatever investigations you have to suffer, whatever crimes you may or may not have already committed, and to magnify and multiply them by a number so large it nearly can not be counted".