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Banned
But the private accounts of more than 30 officials at the White House, the Justice Department, the FBI and on Capitol Hill, as well as Trump confidants and other senior Republicans, paint a conflicting narrative centered on the presidents brewing personal animus toward Comey. Many of those interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to candidly discuss internal deliberations.
Trump was angry that Comey would not support his baseless claim that President Barack Obama had his campaign offices wiretapped. He was frustrated when Comey revealed in Senate testimony the breadth of the counterintelligence investigation into Russias effort to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential election. And he fumed that Comey was giving too much attention to the Russia probe and not enough to investigating leaks to journalists.
First of all, 30 fucking sources!
Second of all, what the fuck.
In the weeks leading up to Comeys firing, Trump administration officials had repeatedly urged the FBI to more aggressively pursue leak investigations, according to people familiar with the discussions. Administration officials sometimes sought to push the FBI to prioritize leak probes over the Russia interference case, and at other times urged the bureau to investigate disclosures of information that was not classified or highly sensitive and therefore did not constitute crimes, these people said.
Over time, administration officials grew increasingly dissatisfied with the FBIs actions on that front. Comeys appearances at congressional hearings caused even more tension between the White House and FBI, as Trump administration officials were angered that the directors statements increased, rather than diminished, public attention on the Russia probe, officials said.
If this makes you think that Trump is nuts, don't worry, Comey agreed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...642334-359c-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/...ecided-to-fire-james-comey.html?smid=tw-share
After President Trump accused his predecessor in March of wiretapping him, James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was flabbergasted. The president, Mr. Comey told associates, was outside the realm of normal, even crazy.
For his part, Mr. Trump fumed when Mr. Comey publicly dismissed the sensational wiretapping claim. In the weeks that followed, he grew angrier and began talking about firing Mr. Comey. After stewing last weekend while watching Sunday talk shows at his New Jersey golf resort, Mr. Trump decided it was time. There was something wrong with Mr. Comey, he told aides.
All of this is just fucked beyond belief.
But I did put "wire tapp" in quotes like Trump wanted at least.