James Comey has been fired by President Trump due to, as the White House puts it, not being able to “effectively lead the bureau” on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This has led to a flabbergasted collective of reporters and citizens that are wondering just why this happened now, after Comey’s recent remarks of feeling “mildly nauseous” that he may have gotten Trump elected after misstating details regarding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email non-scandal.
With Comey ousted as the head of the FBI with no replacement ready, many are wondering what’s exactly going on. Is this a repeat of the Saturday Night Massacre, when Nixon ousted independent investigator Archibald Cox? Trump wasn’t pleased about Comey shutting down his claims of the Obama White House wiretapping him, and according to various sources, AG Jeff Sessions has been looking to replace the Obama-appointed Comey for over a week.
WH and DOJ had been working on firing Comey since at least last week. Sessions had been working to come up with reasons.
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) May 9, 2017
The “you’re fired” jokes have been locked and loaded since January 20th, but most are concerned about Comey’s replacement, and whether he’ll be one of the supposed “swamp drainers” or a player in a game that may raise the waterline considerably.
Of course, there were also many jokes. This is Twitter, after all.
Pres. Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey is a "grotesque abuse of power," legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says https://t.co/49ZSr5bsqi pic.twitter.com/PIFInsZ6XI
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017
Sad part is I think Comey gets an NFL back-up QB job sooner than Kaepernick.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 9, 2017
Here's a small edit to the letter Trump sent James Comey when he fired him as FBI director. pic.twitter.com/FwKY3Kr4RZ
— Baratunde (@baratunde) May 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/862069220175208448
FUN FACT: President Nixon never fired the Director of the FBI #FBIDirector #notNixonian pic.twitter.com/PatArKOZlk
— RichardNixonLibrary (@NixonLibrary) May 9, 2017
Senator @MarkWarner says that FBI Director James Comey is still invited to testify at Congress Thursday in election probe
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 9, 2017
REPUBLICANS: Comey is great! He's investigating Clinton emails! Comey is horrible! He's investigating Trump-Russia allegations!
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) May 9, 2017
To keep hope: ask yourself if A-list patriots like Clapper and Yates and Comey and Rogers would let these slouching traitors outwit them.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) May 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/joshuamneff/status/862068002593931265
My first take: Comey was about to testify to the Senate Int. Committee on Thursday. Trump hit the panic button.
— Mark Frost (@mfrost11) May 9, 2017
Members of the IC and gov need to make information about the investigation public. We have crossed a threshold today with firing of Comey.
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 9, 2017
A reminder: Comey was supposed to testify against Trump on Thursday. #ImpeachTrump
— LeGate (@williamlegate) May 9, 2017
By firing Comey, Trump just might have FINALLY forced Congress to create an independent investigation.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 9, 2017
History repeats itself. #Comey #ImpeachTrump pic.twitter.com/osmhtJpILb
— LeGate (@williamlegate) May 9, 2017
Trump's firing of Comey seriously jeopardizes the only credible investigation of Trump/Russia currently being conducted by the government.
— Evan McMullin 🇺🇸 (@EvanMcMullin) May 9, 2017
What's remarkable is that the Justice Department couched the Comey firing entirely in his conduct regarding Hillary Clinton's emails.
— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) May 9, 2017
I've been as critical of Comey as anyone, but in DOJ led by Sessions, he was the one person strong enough to investigate Trump Russia ties.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 9, 2017
Hey comey……….. "ya fired"!
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) May 9, 2017
Employees fired by Trump:
Sally Yates
Preet Bharara
James ComeyEmployees investigating Trump:
Sally Yates
Preet Bharara
James Comey— Kimmel to trump: Isn’t it past your jail time (@MaggieJordanACN) May 9, 2017
Also, Comey’s supposed Twitter account is now locked.