Preet Bharara, the US attorney fired by Trump after refusing to step down, has spoken out:
Calls for special prosecutor after Trump sacks FBI director – as it happened
Attorney general recommended the firing of Comey, who has been at the center of numerous political controversies since the 2016 US election
Wed 10 May 2017 02.58 EDT
First published on Tue 9 May 2017 18.04 EDT- Summary
- What we know so far
- Dollar slips
- Trump takes aim at Schumer
- What we know so far
- FBI's Russia investigation moves up a gear
- White House deputy press sec: 'Time to move' on from Russian investigation
- Kellyanne Conway speaks to Anderson Cooper on CNN
- Comey won't talk to press tonight
- Trump plans to meet Lavrov on Wednesday
- Andrew McCabe now in charge of FBI – reports
- Keith Schiller hand delivered letter to FBI
- What led to Comey's downfall
- Chuck Schumer calls for special prosecutor
- John McCain 'disappointed' in Comey firing
- Democrat calls for emergency hearings in Congress
- Deputy attorney general: Comey mishandled Clinton email investigation
- Dems: 'This is Nixonian'
- Donald Trump: 'You are not able to effectively lead'
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- Summary
- What we know so far
- Dollar slips
- Trump takes aim at Schumer
- What we know so far
- FBI's Russia investigation moves up a gear
- White House deputy press sec: 'Time to move' on from Russian investigation
- Kellyanne Conway speaks to Anderson Cooper on CNN
- Comey won't talk to press tonight
- Trump plans to meet Lavrov on Wednesday
- Andrew McCabe now in charge of FBI – reports
- Keith Schiller hand delivered letter to FBI
- What led to Comey's downfall
- Chuck Schumer calls for special prosecutor
- John McCain 'disappointed' in Comey firing
- Democrat calls for emergency hearings in Congress
- Deputy attorney general: Comey mishandled Clinton email investigation
- Dems: 'This is Nixonian'
- Donald Trump: 'You are not able to effectively lead'
Our world affairs editor Julian Borger has written an analysis of Comey’s termination, saying the move has taken US democracy “into dark and dangerous new territory”.
Here is his full take:
To borrow a joke from Twitter, you know things are bad when you get trolled by Nixon’s ghost ...
Meanwhile, Comey has his first job offer!
A bit of background on the relationship between the FBI and the White House in the weeks leading up to the firing of James Comey.
Here is more from CNN’s story on the subpoenas:
The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, according to the people familiar with the investigation.
FBI's Russia investigation moves up a gear
Meanwhile, it seems the Russia investigation is not going away. This appears to be the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the inquiry.
White House deputy press sec: 'Time to move' on from Russian investigation
Another example of Trump’s former admiration for Comey. In January the president singled the FBI director out for praise at a White House reception for law enforcement, exclaiming: “he’s become more famous than me.”
NYT reporting that initially Comey thought the whole thing was a practical joke.