Trump dismisses FBI chief Comey

WASHINGTON –

The American president Donald Trump has FBI director James Comey on Tuesday dismissed. He decided Comey on the street to convert on the advice of justice minister Jeff Sessions and his / her deputy, and Rod Rosenstein, and was the White House known.

Trump has Comey let you know that he “no longer able to lead the FBI”. The president mentions in his letter explicitly states that he “very much appreciates” that Comey him three times, has let us know that the FBI not investigate himself. But that does not change its decision.

A lot of criticism

Comey has from all sides of criticism on the way he has dealt with the investigation of Clinton, which is against the rules in as prime minister in her e-mail via a privéserver go. Clinton himself and the Democrats were just upset because he shortly before the elections the case oprakelde by making known that the FBI again a number of e-mails against the light held.

But the criticism of the now-ruling Republicans focuses so precisely on his earlier statement that Clinton is not prosecuted had to be.

’New beginning’

The departure of Comey “marks a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” said Trump in a short press statement. Who will succeed him is still unknown. James Comey was in 2013 appointed by the then president Barack Obama. There must be a new chef to come to “the public confidence to restore”.


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