Friday, September 1, 2017

Trump: draft letter on firing FBI Director James Comey emerges

THE man leading the probe into Donald Trump’s alleged links with Russia has obtained a draft letter that could change everything.Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators is in possession of a letter drafted by President Donald Trump and an aide, but never sent, that lays out a rationale for firing FBI Director James Comey, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

The letter was written in the days before the May 9 firing of Comey, but was held after objections from the president’s lawyer and others, according to two other people familiar with the process who were not authorised to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.On that day, the White House released a different letter announcing Comey’s firing, one signed by Deputy Attorney-General Attorney Rod Rosenstein that cited the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as a basis for Comey’s dismissal…

Source: Donald Trump: draft letter on firing FBI Director James Comey emerges


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