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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia  —  President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week.  When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey.  He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver …
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CNN:
CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday.  —  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me …
New York Times:
Updates and Reactions to F.B.I. Director Comey's Firing  —  President Trump has fired James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Comey was delivering a speech in Los Angeles when he learned he had been fired.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late Tuesday night and then disappeared into the shadows, huddling with his staff behind a tall hedge.
Discussion: Political Wire, Gizmodo and The Week
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Key to Keeping Trump-Russia Inquiry Alive: 3 Republicans  —  To force Trump's hand on investigating Russia, all it takes is 3 of the 52 Senate Republicans to work with the 48 Democrats.  —  As I write, we don't really have any idea why Donald Trump decided to fire FBI Director James Comey …
Discussion: The Week
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Former Top Official Cited In The DOJ's Comey Memo Calls Firing A “Sham”  —  Donald Ayer, who served as the deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, told BuzzFeed News that Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation was being used to justify his firing “for a very different reason.”
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why James Comey had to go  —  MORE FROM: … A curious belief in some circles of journalism holds that if both sides are equally unhappy with your story, you've done a good job.  I never subscribed to that approach, and thankfully, President Trump didn't when it came to the performance of James Comey.
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP baffled by timing; WH braces for independent probe  —  In a swirl of sobering questions about the Constitution and the rule of law, many Republicans are asking simply: Why now?  Why?!  —  Republicans around town, and even some White House officials, tell me they're baffled …
CNN:
Behind the scenes of James Comey's epic firing  —  Washington (CNN)A little past 5 p.m. Tuesday, a black Ford Taurus slowed to a stop just outside FBI headquarters in Washington and dispatched a white-haired man in a dark suit.  —  He emerged from the car alone, a manila folder in his right hand …
Wall Street Journal:
Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House  —  In the months before James Comey's dismissal, frustration was growing among top associates of President Donald Trump that the FBI director wouldn't publicly tamp down questions about possible collusion with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump Hires Law Firm to Fight Suggestions of Russia Business Ties  —  President Donald Trump has hired a Washington law firm to send a letter to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee saying he has no connections to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
Discussion: NBC News and USA Today
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's credibility on the line with Comey's ouster
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Comey's Deserved Dismissal
Discussion: The National Interest and CNN
The Daily Beast:
President Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey, and Even White House Aides Are Stunned
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Trump's Firing of James Comey, Echoes of Watergate
Los Angeles Times:   Editorial Absolutely nothing about James Comey's firing passes the smell test
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Rudy Giuliani Is Visiting the White House, But He Says It Has Nothing to Do With Comey's Firing
Discussion: Axios
Dan Merica / CNN:   Who is Keith Schiller, the man Trump sent to fire Comey?
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Giuliani Says He's Not a Candidate for FBI Director
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeffrey Frank / New Yorker:
Comey's Firing Is—and Isn't—Like Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
Discussion: Politicus USA
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Comey debacle only magnifies the Russia mystery
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump and Comey: An Abrupt Ending That Was a Year in the Making
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and The Week
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
James Comey firing was inevitable
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Comey's Firing Is a Crisis of American Rule of Law
Grabien News RSS:
10 Major FBI Scandals on Comey's Watch
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sessions was told to find reasons to fire Comey: reports
Washington Post:
Comey firing: Reaction from members of Congress on FBI director's dismissal
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   After Comey's ouster, Democrats press for independent probe of Russia's meddling in election
James Comey / ABC News:
FBI Director Comey fired amid Russia probe
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
There's no reason to believe Donald Trump's rationale for firing James Comey
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fires James Comey as FBI Chief
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Reporter arrested after repeatedly questioning Health secretary … Dan Heyman, a reporter for Public News Service, said he was arrested at the West Virginia State Capitol after trying to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question about the House-passed healthcare bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House leakers have new target: H. R. McMaster  —  National security adviser H.R. McMaster has become the latest target of the leaks and infighting that have dogged the Trump administration's early days.  —  President Trump has tried to put an end to White House staffers placing palace intrigue stories …
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count  —  The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for the 2020 decennial count of the U.S. population and beyond.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, The Hill and NPR
Wall Street Journal:
Comey Dismissal Upends Probes of Trump Campaign Ties to Russia  —  President Donald Trump's decision to fire the head of the FBI in the midst of the bureau's probe into possible links between his presidential campaign and Russia added impetus to calls for a special counsel to handle the case.
 
 
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