It Is ‘Possible’ FBI Director Position Will Be Filled by Friday

Delaware’s U.S. Senator Tom Carper joined Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs colleagues Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) in sending a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General calling for an investigation into “possible political interference with the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged involvement with Russian Federation during the 2016 presidential election”. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate leader and a former Texas attorney general; and U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson, a George W. Bush appointee who struck down the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s health care law in 2010.

Trump tweeted Friday that former FBI Director James Comey “better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press”.

The New York Times said Comey told associates he declined to make a pledge of loyalty to Trump when the president requested it while they dined just seven days after his inauguration. “No one from the White House”.

Mr Trump doubled down in an interview with Fox News by threatening to hold the press briefings only once a fortnight, with himself at the podium.

“It was all him”, Spicer said, referring to Rosenstein.

Louis Caprino, who served as an agent for 29 years and now runs a public safety program at Vincennes University in IN, said he did not think the president could now “say much of anything” to mend the relationship.

The poll finds 30 percent say Trump’s decision to fire Comey has given them a less favourable impression of the president, versus only 6 percent who say they have a more favourable view.

James Comey testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC.

“President Trump definitely views the Comey firing as a communication failure”.

Later, however, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump had actually been considering firing Comey for months, and that he had asked Sessions and Rosenstein for their recommendations.

The White House said Mr Comey was sacked over the FBI’s mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email practices.

The timeline directly contradicted the White House’s assertion that the president had acted exclusively based on the recommendations of Rosenstein and Sessions.

“I will tell you that what he did, what Comey did, had good moments for me as a candidate”. “During his time in Congress”, the group added, Rogers “showed a commitment to confronting threats to our country in a nonpartisan and collaborative manner”. “Nearly all of them are very well known“, Trump said aboard the plane that took him to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he gave the commencement address at Liberty University.

“There is no way to get at the story through talking to the White House press secretary or listening to the spin that is offered by officials who are willing to go on the record”, she says.

It was another tumultuous day in Washington which has been roiled since President Trump fired Comey on Tuesday.