LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley President Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey disrupted the political scene in ways that White House did not anticipate, and the fallout may stymie one of the administration’s top priorities. The prospect of future Supreme Court vacancies has kept the Republican party unified…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Former FBI Director James Comey said in a letter to staff Wednesday that the president has the right to fire anyone in the position of director for any reason he wants. “I have long believed that a President can fire an FBI Director for any reason, or no…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democratic groups protested Wednesday at the gates of the White House in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey late Tuesday. The event was co-hosted by Moveon.org, Indivisible, Americans Against Trump, as well as several other progressive activist groups. The protest began…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was considered honorable, fair and non-partisan by virtually everyone in Washington D.C. until he wrote a letter calling for President Donald Trump to fire FBI Director James Comey. Rosenstein has held his position under Attorney General Jeff Sessions for two weeks after being…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The president has the sole authority to fire the director of the FBI under the law, but it’s only happened once before President Donald Trump terminated James Comey Tuesday. The only other president to fire an FBI director was Bill Clinton in the summer of 1993. During…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Department of Justice is interviewing five current government officials to serve as interim Director of the FBI, Kelly Cohen of the Washington Examiner reports. BREAKING: DOJ tells me who they are interviewing today for FBI director, in addition to andrew mccabe pic.twitter.com/L8ig2IPExF — kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) May 10,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russian President Vladimir Putin shrugged off news of FBI Director James Comey’s firing Wednesday in a brief interview with CBSNews. Our @elizapalmer caught Russian Pres. Putin rink side and asked him about the firing of former. Dir. Comey. pic.twitter.com/3nytJYi0si — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 10, 2017 Putin appeared…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov feigned ignorance over the firing of FBI Director James Comey at a joint appearance with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Wednesday. https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/862286432207089664 Lavrov was responding to a question from MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell about whether President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr FBI agents were “caught totally off-guard” and one reportedly broke down in tears as news spread Tuesday that President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Officials from the agency, including Comey, found out about the news from media outlets instead of internal channels, leaving many bewildered…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen John Podesta, former chairman of former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign, revealed the political left’s complicated opinion of former FBI Director James Comey. Podesta tweeted Tuesday morning that the public was “getting mildly nauseous listening to Jim Comey,” only a few hours before President Donald Trump would fire him…