This reeks of a cover-up. Last night, the President surprised everyone, including James Comey, when the White House announced that the FBI Director had been fired on the advice of AG Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein. The White House claims Comey was sacked, because of his conduct during the Clinton email investigations. However, this directly contradicts the President's earlier opinions of Director Comey. On a campaign stop in October, then-candidate Trump claimed that what Comey did "took guts." On March 3, Trump tweeted "FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?" It's odd that the president would do a 180 in such a short amount of time, especially given the sustained animosity between him and the Clintons.
The president also made an interesting comment in his letter, thanking Director Comey for informing "on three separate occasions that [he was] not under investigation." This concession is odd. It confirms that Trump was (is?) concerned about being investigated, presumably for his possible connection to Russia. Trump's campaign officials are currently being investigated for possible connections to Russia. Was the investigation getting a little too close to home? Comey's firing certainly throws a wrench into the works. Was this part of the plan?
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