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But you sit by her so that she can stage-whisper critiques with a mouth full of potato salad.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So, technically, the words \"Auntie Maxine\" may never have been strung together by Thomas, but he takes full credit anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's on my business card!\" he bragged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asheya Warren is among Waters' legion of fans, and says the congresswoman's frank style and \"shade\"-throwing skills are what appeal to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's the way she says what she says,\" Warren said. Older women like Waters get a pass to freely speak their minds, added the 30-year-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a woman is over 60, she said, \"You're able to say whatever you want to, whenever you want to. 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Or take funding away?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Trump wants to do both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s proposed 2017-18 budget calls for a historic $1.4 billion federal investment in school choice, including new money for private school vouchers and charter schools, as well as directing $1 billion to follow students to the school of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That infusion of school choice cash is far smaller than the $20 billion investment he proposed on the campaign trail, but it still represents a big shift in federal priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, he’s proposing to slash federal funding for long-established after school programs, early learning initiatives and teacher preparation and retention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because California is one of the largest states with the most public school students, Trump’s plan would result in a loss of hundreds of millions of federal dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump also doesn’t plan to increase funding for special education programs under the \u003ca href=\"http://idea.ed.gov/\">Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)\u003c/a>. Special education advocates have been pushing for more federal support because special education programs are costly, forcing state and school districts to make up the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Some local teachers unions say Trump wants to ‘privatize’ public schools. What does that mean? Will he do it?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>President Trump has made it clear he wants to create a private school choice program at the federal level, which would offer American families alternatives if they don’t want to send their children to local public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/school_choice/50statereport/states/california.pdf\">Constitution prohibits private school choice programs\u003c/a>. However, more than a dozen other states do support them — the most popular programs being school vouchers and tax credit scholarships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, these are the two options Trump wants to make the centerpiece of his education agenda, which is outlined in his proposed 2017-18 budget. But restructuring the country’s public school system to allow for more private school choice is likely to face legal challenges and hurdles from Democratic-controlled states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said she will not impose a federal school choice program on states, which leaves many unanswered questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the difference between a school voucher and a tax credit scholarship?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/school-choice-vouchers.aspx\">School vouchers\u003c/a> are publicly funded coupons set aside by a state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Qualifying families can use vouchers to pay for the private school of their choice, whether it’s a parochial or independent school. But critics point out vouchers may not cover the full cost of tuition, leaving many low-income families in a precarious position from year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics also say vouchers rob public schools of state funding, making it difficult for them to improve the quality of education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/school-choice-scholarship-tax-credits.aspx\">Tax credit scholarships\u003c/a> on the other hand are funded through individuals and businesses who donate to nonprofits specializing in these grants. In return, those individuals and businesses get tax breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families must apply for tax credit scholarships, which can only be used at private schools that accept them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say — much like vouchers — tax credit scholarships don’t always cover the full cost of tuition, and the most disadvantaged families are often competing with middle class families to secure the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, private schools don’t have to adhere to the same kind of accountability rules that public schools must follow — and private schools can also be selective in who they admit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So even if a family has secured a tax-credit scholarship, their child isn’t guaranteed a seat in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I start exploring private schools in California as an option for my child?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>California — along with 35 other states — adheres to what’s called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/school_choice/50statereport/states/california.pdf\">Blaine Amendment\u003c/a>, a statute written into the state Constitution which sets strict limits on public dollars going to religious causes, i.e. parochial school tuition, in this instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the Golden State prohibits the use of tax credit scholarships or school vouchers, so families cannot leverage these options in looking for private school alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers could adopt another statute which would override the Blaine amendment — but that’s not likely to happen in deep-blue California which is a strong defender of its public school system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, all that could change if Trump imposes a private school choice program on states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent public opinion poll found more Californians are interested in the idea of school vouchers, with roughly 60 percent of residents liking the concept.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The two also said they believed Trump may have intimidated a potential witness with his tweet, which is a federal crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The President's actions this morning—as well as his admission yesterday on national television that he fired Director Comey because he was investigating Trump campaign officials and their connections to the Russian government—raise the specter of possible intimidation and obstruction of justice,\" Cummings and Conyers wrote in the letter. \"The President's actions also risk undermining the ongoing criminal and counter-intelligence investigations and the independence of federal law enforcement agencies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., also issued a blistering statement on Trump's tweets, calling on the president to \"immediately provide any such recordings to Congress or admit, once again, to have made a deliberately misleading — and in this case threatening — statement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clapper pushes back against Trump's claims on Russia investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump also tweeted Friday morning that Clapper had testified there was no evidence of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia — which the president deemed a \"witch hunt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Clapper \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/politics/white-house-donald-trump-russia-james-clapper/\">testified\u003c/a> in a hearing on Russian election interference held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime [contextly_sidebar id=\"0xvOgzJiXd7N72wQE1G09bKHUgqIcQZy\"]and Terrorism that he wasn't aware of any evidence of collusion and hadn't even been aware of the ongoing FBI investigation until Comey revealed it during a House hearing in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Clapper later clarified to MSNBC that as DNI during the Obama administration he let FBI investigations operate independently and that such knowledge would be outside his scope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is not surprising or ... abnormal that I would not have known about the investigation, or even more importantly, the content of that investigation,\" Clapper said. \"So I don't know if there was collusion or not. I don't know if there was evidence of collusion or not. Nor should I have in this particular context.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trump threatens to ax White House press briefings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his Friday morning tweetstorm, the president also suggested that his administration \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863002719400976384\">could do away with briefings for the press\u003c/a> and instead give out written statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863000553265270786\">Trump added\u003c/a> that \"as a very active president with lots of things happening,\" it's impossible for him to stay in such close communication with his staff that the briefings would be completely accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863014620516233216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schiff took issue with that as well. \"Finally, and with respect to the President's suggestion that as a very busy person, he doesn't have time to ensure that his spokespeople are accurately portraying his actions — it is difficult to know how to respond — except to say, being truthful with the American people is a core responsibility of the job,\" Schiff said. \"If he did not want to willingly undertake even the minimal requirements of the Presidency, it would have been far better for him to have considered that before he chose to run for the highest office in the land.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spicer also didn't knock down the idea that press briefings in the future may be curtailed, saying that the president was dismayed over the press's attempts to \"parse every little word and make it more of a game of 'gotcha.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump reiterated in his interview with Fox News' Pirro that he believes ending the briefings would be a good idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unless I have them every two weeks and do it myself, we won't have them. 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He did not mention any effect the dismissal might have on the FBI and congressional investigations into contacts between his 2016 election campaign and Russia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, \"I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.\" Then acts so indignant. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/draintheswamp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#draintheswamp\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862135824745467905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats have said some of the worst things about James Comey, including the fact that he should be fired, but now they play so sad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862263649821503489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">James Comey will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job, bringing back the spirit and prestige of the FBI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862265729718128641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862267781336752128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He wasn't doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job,\" Trump said in brief remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, where he was joined by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abrupt firing of Comey threw into question the future of the FBI's investigation and immediately raised suspicions of an underhanded effort to stymie a probe that has shadowed the administration from the outset. Trump has ridiculed the investigations as \"a hoax\" and denied any campaign involvement with the Russians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats compared Comey's ouster to President Richard Nixon's \"Saturday Night Massacre\" during the Watergate investigation and renewed calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ironically, Kissinger, who was meeting with Trump, was Nixon's secretary of state in 1973, having just moved over from being Nixon's national security adviser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Wednesday, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rosenstein, to appear before the Senate to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding Trump's action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brushed aside calls for a special prosecutor, saying a new investigation into Russian meddling would only \"impede the current work being done.\" He noted that Democrats had repeatedly criticized Comey in the past and some had called for his removal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump made a similar case on Twitter, saying Comey had \"lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington,\" adding: \"When things calm down, they will be thanking me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice President Mike Pence said at the Capitol that Trump had made \"the right decision at the right time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department said Sessions was interviewing candidates to serve as an interim replacement. Comey's deputy, FBI veteran Andrew McCabe, became acting director after Comey was fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his brief letter Tuesday to Comey, Trump said the firing was necessary to restore \"public trust and confidence\" in the FBI. The administration paired the letter with a scathing review by Rosenstein, the recently confirmed deputy attorney general, of how Comey handled the investigation into Clinton's email practices, including his decision to hold a news conference announcing its findings and releasing \"derogatory information\" about Clinton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't make this stuff up,\" Rep. Adam Schiff of California, top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said Wednesday on MSNBC. As to Trump's contention that the firing had to do with Comey's decision-making on such matters as the Clinton emails, he said, \"Nobody believes that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump, in his letter, pointedly thanked Comey for telling him three times \"that I am not under investigation.\" The FBI has not confirmed that Comey ever made those assurances to the president. In public hearings, Comey has declined to answer when asked if Trump is under investigation, urging lawmakers not to read anything into that statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Comey has drawn anger from Democrats since he reopened the email investigation in the closing days of last year's campaign, they didn't buy that justification for his firing. Several Republicans joined them in raising alarms of how it could affect probes into possible coordination between Trump associates and Russia to influence the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of the strongest statements by Republicans, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said, \"I am troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey's termination.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"His dismissal further confuses an already difficult investigation by the committee,\" Burr said.[contextly_sidebar id=\"tdRpwtjmhWeRM6H7jHyrLgu4duKaXiTl\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schumer told Trump in a phone call he thought dumping Comey was a mistake. On Wednesday, Trump labeled the Senate minority leader \"Cryin' Chuck Schumer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump will now appoint a successor at the FBI, which has been investigating since late July, and who will almost certainly have an impact on how the probe moves forward and whether the public will accept its outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was only the second firing of an FBI director in history. President Bill Clinton dismissed William Sessions amid allegations of ethical lapses in 1993.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said Congress must form a special committee to investigate Russia's interference in the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey, 56, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the FBI post in 2013 to a 10-year term, though that appointment does not ensure a director will serve the full term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Praised frequently by both parties for his independence and integrity, he spent three decades in law enforcement. Before the past months' controversies, the former deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration was perhaps best known for a remarkable 2004 standoff with top officials over a federal domestic surveillance program. In March of that year, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his prominent role in the 2016 presidential campaign raised questions about his judgment and impartiality. Though the FBI did not recommend charges against Clinton for mishandling classified information, Comey was blisteringly critical of her decision to use a personal email account and private internet server during her four years as secretary of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey strongly defended his decisions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week. He said he was \"mildly nauseous\" at the thought of having swayed the election, but also said he would do the same again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinton has partially blamed her loss on Comey's disclosure to Congress less than two weeks before Election Day that the email investigation would be revisited. Comey later said the FBI, again, had found no reason to bring any charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AP writers Darlene Superville, Ken Thomas, Vivian Salama, Catherine Lucey and Sadie Gurman in Washington and Michael Balsamo in Los Angeles contributed to this report.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862135824745467905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats have said some of the worst things about James Comey, including the fact that he should be fired, but now they play so sad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. 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Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862265729718128641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862267781336752128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He wasn't doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job,\" Trump said in brief remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, where he was joined by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abrupt firing of Comey threw into question the future of the FBI's investigation and immediately raised suspicions of an underhanded effort to stymie a probe that has shadowed the administration from the outset. Trump has ridiculed the investigations as \"a hoax\" and denied any campaign involvement with the Russians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats compared Comey's ouster to President Richard Nixon's \"Saturday Night Massacre\" during the Watergate investigation and renewed calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ironically, Kissinger, who was meeting with Trump, was Nixon's secretary of state in 1973, having just moved over from being Nixon's national security adviser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Wednesday, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rosenstein, to appear before the Senate to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding Trump's action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brushed aside calls for a special prosecutor, saying a new investigation into Russian meddling would only \"impede the current work being done.\" He noted that Democrats had repeatedly criticized Comey in the past and some had called for his removal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump made a similar case on Twitter, saying Comey had \"lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington,\" adding: \"When things calm down, they will be thanking me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice President Mike Pence said at the Capitol that Trump had made \"the right decision at the right time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department said Sessions was interviewing candidates to serve as an interim replacement. Comey's deputy, FBI veteran Andrew McCabe, became acting director after Comey was fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his brief letter Tuesday to Comey, Trump said the firing was necessary to restore \"public trust and confidence\" in the FBI. The administration paired the letter with a scathing review by Rosenstein, the recently confirmed deputy attorney general, of how Comey handled the investigation into Clinton's email practices, including his decision to hold a news conference announcing its findings and releasing \"derogatory information\" about Clinton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't make this stuff up,\" Rep. Adam Schiff of California, top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said Wednesday on MSNBC. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 9:22 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president has fired FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and possible ties to the Trump campaign and top aides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House pointed to Comey's handling of the probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's private email server while secretary of state as the reason for his dismissal. But Democrats were quick to call the move \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527677009/nothing-less-than-nixonian-democrats-react-to-comey-firing\">\"Nixonian,\"\u003c/a> claiming that the decision by President Trump was part of an effort to impede the Justice Department's Russia investigation which, in the view of many leading Capitol Hill Democrats, could now only be managed by a special prosecutor going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"k818C8K6OQZHsKqpY3gDbg9mJLadMcgE\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions,\" White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The FBI is one of our Nation's most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,\" the president said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ComeyLetter]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Russia probe looms over surprise dismissal\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The abrupt decision by the White House brings to an end a tumultuous tenure for the career prosecutor who found himself at the center of controversy about the 2016 election, taking heat from both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it also raised questions about the ongoing Russia probe, with Democrats saying the firing was an effort by the White House to derail the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"VaybQVaWkmjLDjl8fmG8g8Mq88CxuJ4E\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first question the administration has to answer is, 'Why now?'\" said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. \"If the administration had objections to the way Director Comey handled the Clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute the president got into office. But they didn't fire him then. Why did it happen today?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein does not appoint an independent special prosecutor, every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a cover-up,\" Schumer continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>FBI Director became a flashpoint in 2016 election\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Comey first made waves in July 2016 when he announced that the FBI was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/05/484785586/fbi-recommends-no-charges-for-hillary-clinton-in-email-server-case\">not recommending any charges\u003c/a> against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her handling of her controversial private server while she was secretary of state during the Obama administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though there would be no prosecution, Comey's press conference in and of itself was damning, as he declared that Clinton and her staff had been \"extremely careless\" in handling classified data — fodder that Trump and Republicans would use throughout the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QV3UFD190E7qSw6JLODT7BMkn9Ph2pvz\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Rosenstein, Trump's deputy attorney general, said in his memorandum to Attorney General Jeff Sessions that those actions were in part what motivated his dismissal:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"The Director was wrong to usurp the Attorney General's authority on July 5, 2016, and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution. It is not the function of the Director to make such an announcement. At most, the Director should have said the FBI had completed its investigation and presented its findings to federal prosecutors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On Twitter last week, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859601184285491201\">claimed\u003c/a> that Comey \"was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey again found himself at the center of a political firestorm when less than two weeks before Election Day last year he notified Congress he was re-opening the investigation into Clinton's emails. Clinton \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/02/526586505/clinton-blames-2016-loss-on-comey-letter-russian-interference-and-herself\">said last week\u003c/a> she believed that controversial decision contributed to her loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign, Trump \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/332641-flashback-trump-praised-comey-in-october\">said\u003c/a> that Comey's decision to re-open the Clinton investigation \"took a lot of guts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526720922/fbi-director-comey-testifies-before-senate-judiciary-committee\">Comey testified\u003c/a> before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week in defending his decision. \"But honestly, it wouldn't change the decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"pLfvsQawVlc7vbLyKQB7YtWQGxsQaRXL\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that same testimony, Comey said that Clinton aide Huma Abedin had forwarded \"hundreds and thousands\" of Clinton's emails, \"some of which contained classified information\" to her then-husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, to print out. The discovery of those emails while Weiner was being investigated for possible lewd contact with a minor online is what triggered the re-opening of the Clinton investigation just before Election Day. However, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/comeys-testimony-on-huma-abedin-forwarding-emails-was-inaccurate\">ProPublica\u003c/a> reported Comey's testimony had been inaccurate, and that there had only been a \"small number\" of emails forwarded, Comey had to clarify those comments in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-05-09%20FBI%20to%20CEG%20-%20Comey%20Testimony%20Supplement.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> to the Senate Judiciary Committee released Tuesday nearly the same time news of his firing began to break in the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/20/520765159/watch-live-house-hearing-on-russian-attempts-to-interfere-in-u-s-election\">confirmed\u003c/a> earlier this year that the FBI was investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election. The president has repeatedly downplayed any investigation, dismissing it as a \"total hoax.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter to Comey relieving him of his duties effective immediately, Trump alluded to the ongoing Russia investigation but also stressed that he had not personally been implicated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"While I greatly appreciate you informing me. on three separate occasions. that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But the ongoing Russia investigation badly complicates Trump's decision to fire Comey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sessions, who recommended Comey's dismissal, had already \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/518198749/attorney-general-sessions-to-recuse-himself-from-any-trump-campaign-investigatio\">recused himself\u003c/a> from any investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, leaving any inquiry to be led by Rosenstein. The decision by Sessions, who was a top Trump surrogate, came in March after he first testified he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign but then later clarified that he did twice meet with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given that the Attorney General supposedly recused himself from the Russia investigation, he should not have played any role in removing the lead investigator from his duties,\" Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a senior Judiciary Committee member, said in a statement. \"Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein now has no choice but to appoint a Special Counsel. His integrity, and the integrity of the entire Justice Department, are at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Republicans raise concerns over firing \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It wasn't just Democrats who were questioning the rapid turn of events. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said in a statement that he was \"troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey's termination.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Director Comey has been more forthcoming with information than any FBI Director I can recall in my tenure on the congressional intelligence committees,\" the North Carolina Republican said. \"His dismissal, I believe, is a loss for the Bureau and the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Kqi3HsmW5cOzCoWr1VYxyQUhM9X8g40b\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The FBI is one of our Nation's most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,\" the president said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ComeyLetter]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Russia probe looms over surprise dismissal\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The abrupt decision by the White House brings to an end a tumultuous tenure for the career prosecutor who found himself at the center of controversy about the 2016 election, taking heat from both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it also raised questions about the ongoing Russia probe, with Democrats saying the firing was an effort by the White House to derail the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first question the administration has to answer is, 'Why now?'\" said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. \"If the administration had objections to the way Director Comey handled the Clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute the president got into office. But they didn't fire him then. Why did it happen today?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein does not appoint an independent special prosecutor, every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a cover-up,\" Schumer continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>FBI Director became a flashpoint in 2016 election\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Comey first made waves in July 2016 when he announced that the FBI was \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/05/484785586/fbi-recommends-no-charges-for-hillary-clinton-in-email-server-case\">not recommending any charges\u003c/a> against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her handling of her controversial private server while she was secretary of state during the Obama administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though there would be no prosecution, Comey's press conference in and of itself was damning, as he declared that Clinton and her staff had been \"extremely careless\" in handling classified data — fodder that Trump and Republicans would use throughout the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Rosenstein, Trump's deputy attorney general, said in his memorandum to Attorney General Jeff Sessions that those actions were in part what motivated his dismissal:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"The Director was wrong to usurp the Attorney General's authority on July 5, 2016, and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution. It is not the function of the Director to make such an announcement. At most, the Director should have said the FBI had completed its investigation and presented its findings to federal prosecutors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On Twitter last week, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859601184285491201\">claimed\u003c/a> that Comey \"was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey again found himself at the center of a political firestorm when less than two weeks before Election Day last year he notified Congress he was re-opening the investigation into Clinton's emails. Clinton \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/02/526586505/clinton-blames-2016-loss-on-comey-letter-russian-interference-and-herself\">said last week\u003c/a> she believed that controversial decision contributed to her loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign, Trump \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/332641-flashback-trump-praised-comey-in-october\">said\u003c/a> that Comey's decision to re-open the Clinton investigation \"took a lot of guts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526720922/fbi-director-comey-testifies-before-senate-judiciary-committee\">Comey testified\u003c/a> before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week in defending his decision. \"But honestly, it wouldn't change the decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that same testimony, Comey said that Clinton aide Huma Abedin had forwarded \"hundreds and thousands\" of Clinton's emails, \"some of which contained classified information\" to her then-husband, former Rep. 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However, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/comeys-testimony-on-huma-abedin-forwarding-emails-was-inaccurate\">ProPublica\u003c/a> reported Comey's testimony had been inaccurate, and that there had only been a \"small number\" of emails forwarded, Comey had to clarify those comments in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-05-09%20FBI%20to%20CEG%20-%20Comey%20Testimony%20Supplement.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> to the Senate Judiciary Committee released Tuesday nearly the same time news of his firing began to break in the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comey \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/20/520765159/watch-live-house-hearing-on-russian-attempts-to-interfere-in-u-s-election\">confirmed\u003c/a> earlier this year that the FBI was investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election. The president has repeatedly downplayed any investigation, dismissing it as a \"total hoax.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter to Comey relieving him of his duties effective immediately, Trump alluded to the ongoing Russia investigation but also stressed that he had not personally been implicated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"While I greatly appreciate you informing me. on three separate occasions. that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But the ongoing Russia investigation badly complicates Trump's decision to fire Comey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sessions, who recommended Comey's dismissal, had already \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/518198749/attorney-general-sessions-to-recuse-himself-from-any-trump-campaign-investigatio\">recused himself\u003c/a> from any investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, leaving any inquiry to be led by Rosenstein. The decision by Sessions, who was a top Trump surrogate, came in March after he first testified he had no contact with Russian officials during the campaign but then later clarified that he did twice meet with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given that the Attorney General supposedly recused himself from the Russia investigation, he should not have played any role in removing the lead investigator from his duties,\" Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a senior Judiciary Committee member, said in a statement. \"Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein now has no choice but to appoint a Special Counsel. His integrity, and the integrity of the entire Justice Department, are at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Republicans raise concerns over firing \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It wasn't just Democrats who were questioning the rapid turn of events. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said in a statement that he was \"troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey's termination.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Director Comey has been more forthcoming with information than any FBI Director I can recall in my tenure on the congressional intelligence committees,\" the North Carolina Republican said. \"His dismissal, I believe, is a loss for the Bureau and the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:45 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to the Trump campaign and top aides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Xpuf2cvuMxbCz08bjG3qcaj5MVdYi9Wd\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The FBI is one of our Nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” the president said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/05/2017-05-10d-tcr.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/KNR_web_promo_AdamSchiff-1-672x372.jpg\" Title=\"Rep. Adam Schiff Calls for Independent Prosecutor\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED checked all of the social media accounts of California's congressional delegation. Here are the responses we have found so far:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Senate\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“President Trump called me at 5:30 p.m. and indicated he would be removing Director Comey, saying the FBI needed a change. The next FBI director must be strong and independent and will receive a fair hearing in the Judiciary Committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>“I've said it before and will again - we must have a special prosecutor to oversee the FBI's Russia investigation. This cannot wait.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>House of Representatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove, District 7)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"The same day the FBI escalated the investigation into Russian interference in the election, President Trump abruptly fired the leader of the investigation. The timing of FBI Director Comey’s firing is not only unprecedented, it raises serious questions about our democracy. Now more than ever, we need an independent investigation to answer these questions for the American people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona, District 42)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“First, I would like to thank James Comey for his years of public service under multiple Administrations. While I understand that there is much speculation about the timing and reasoning, I believe that Deputy AG Rosenstein’s letter lays out the case for a new FBI Director. I continue to have the upmost confidence in the over 35,000 employees and Special Agents at the FBI who continue to execute the mission of the Department. It is a new day at the FBI and I look forward to welcoming the next FBI Director.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Atwater, District 10)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>His office said he doesn't have a statement at this time.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"This is serious, this isn't about a Democrat or a Republican, this is about a bad man in the office. A fellow that has shown his inability to understand the nuances and the way in which government works, and even the Constitution, to say nothing of public policy. So we've got to get to the bottom of the Russian thing, understand the emoluments clause and that the graft and corruption in this administration is beyond anything we've seen since the Teapot Dome scandal in the early 1900s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael, District 2)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"It's very clear that we need a special prosecutor + indep commission \u003ca class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpRussia?src=hash\">\u003cs>#\u003c/s>TrumpRussia\u003c/a> \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/townhallproject\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>townhallproject\u003c/a> \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/IndivisibleLuma\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>IndivisibleLuma\u003c/a>\"\u003cbr>\nAnd if my GOP colleagues held \u003ca class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/townhalls?src=hash\">\u003cs>#\u003c/s>\u003cb>townhalls\u003c/b>\u003c/a> + listened to their constituents, maybe they'd act and not just express \"concern\" this morning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Steve Knight (R-Santa Clarita, District 25)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“The President has the authority to hire or fire anyone that reports to the Executive Branch of the Federal government. I continue to support current Congressional investigations into this and other matters and I look forward to seeing their findings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale, District 1)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>From his office: \"Congressman LaMalfa thinks it was the right decision. Director Comey has lost confidence from both sides of the aisle, and it was the right time to make a change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“The Trump Administration is in shambles. What is this Administration trying to hide? An independent commission is needed now! #TrumpRussia”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"America is great because \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/POTUS\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>\u003cb>POTUS\u003c/b>\u003c/a> can't stop an investigation against himself or his associates. FBI Counterintelligence decides how it ends.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento, District 6)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"We must have an independent prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in our election.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield, District 23)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“When the FBI director thinks he becomes also the attorney general and the prosecutor he’s probably overstepped,” McCarthy said. “I would argue that Comey made the FBI political, and that’s probably not the place to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove, District 4)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"I strongly support President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey for gross misconduct during his tenure, and only wish he had done so on January 20th. Because of the highly politicized circumstances involving the Russia inquiry, I think an independent prosecutor would be advisable to place the inquiry above reproach. I believe it is equally important to appoint an independent prosecutor to purse the investigations that were swept under the rug during the Obama administration, including the use of the IRS to intimidate Tea Party members, the Clinton email scandal and how much top secret intelligence was lost to our enemies, and the unfolding scandal involving use of the NSA to spy on political opponents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Scott Peters (D-La Jolla)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“Firing law enforcement officers who may be investigating you or your associates and then appointing their replacements is something that happens in dictatorships – not in the United States of America. This move from the President is breathtaking in its brazen disregard for the independence of our justice system. Republican members of Congress who fail to stand up against this are complicit in this assault on our democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The founding fathers made Congress a check on the power of the Presidency. That check only functions when it is used without regard for political party. Congress – Democrats and Republicans – must stand up in a bipartisan defense of our institutions and insist that a special prosecutor be appointed before confirming a new director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never before has it been clearer that the integrity of our democracy depends on an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in our election and a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice to follow an investigation to wherever – and whomever – it leads. Anyone who stands in the way of an independent investigation denies the American people the answers they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa)\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>His office said he doesn't have a statement at this time.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n#Trump firing #Comey only intensifies the need for a thorough investigation of Trump's ties to #Russia. We must leave no stone unturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"The decision by a President whose campaign associates are under investigation by the FBI for collusion with Russia to fire the man overseeing that investigation, upon the recommendation of an Attorney General who has recused himself from that investigation, raises profound questions about whether the White House is brazenly interfering in a criminal matter. While I had deep reservations with the way Director Comey handled the investigation into the Clinton emails which I made clear at the time and since, to take this action without addressing the profound conflict of interest of the President and Attorney General harkens back to a similarly tainted decision by President Nixon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The same President who has called the investigation into the Russian hacking of our democracy and the potential complicity of his campaign a ‘fake,’ cannot pretend to have made such a decision uninfluenced by his concerns over Comey's continued involvement in the investigation. It is more imperative than ever that an independent prosecutor be appointed to restore a modicum of public confidence – now completely lacking – that the criminal investigation will continue without further interference by the White House.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"#Trump fires #Comey. No reason given. What’s Trump trying to hide? More than ever, need #SpecialCounsel to investigate Trump and #Russia.\u003cbr>\n#Trump fired #Comey. Nixon fired Cox, Richardson, and Ruckelshaus. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. #SpecialCounsel\u003cbr>\n#Comey error slight. Emails got to Weiner laptop via “back-up of devices” rather than “forwarding of email.” What’s real reason for firing?\"\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nEric Swalwell (D-Dublin)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"This is not what an innocent person would do. Firing the guy investigating \u003ca class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/RussianHacking?src=hash\">\u003cs>#\u003c/s>RussianHacking\u003c/a> -- without cause -- is consciousness of guilt.\"\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. 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This cannot wait.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>House of Representatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove, District 7)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"The same day the FBI escalated the investigation into Russian interference in the election, President Trump abruptly fired the leader of the investigation. The timing of FBI Director Comey’s firing is not only unprecedented, it raises serious questions about our democracy. Now more than ever, we need an independent investigation to answer these questions for the American people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona, District 42)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“First, I would like to thank James Comey for his years of public service under multiple Administrations. While I understand that there is much speculation about the timing and reasoning, I believe that Deputy AG Rosenstein’s letter lays out the case for a new FBI Director. I continue to have the upmost confidence in the over 35,000 employees and Special Agents at the FBI who continue to execute the mission of the Department. It is a new day at the FBI and I look forward to welcoming the next FBI Director.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Atwater, District 10)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>His office said he doesn't have a statement at this time.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"This is serious, this isn't about a Democrat or a Republican, this is about a bad man in the office. A fellow that has shown his inability to understand the nuances and the way in which government works, and even the Constitution, to say nothing of public policy. So we've got to get to the bottom of the Russian thing, understand the emoluments clause and that the graft and corruption in this administration is beyond anything we've seen since the Teapot Dome scandal in the early 1900s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael, District 2)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"It's very clear that we need a special prosecutor + indep commission \u003ca class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpRussia?src=hash\">\u003cs>#\u003c/s>TrumpRussia\u003c/a> \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/townhallproject\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>townhallproject\u003c/a> \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/IndivisibleLuma\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>IndivisibleLuma\u003c/a>\"\u003cbr>\nAnd if my GOP colleagues held \u003ca class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/townhalls?src=hash\">\u003cs>#\u003c/s>\u003cb>townhalls\u003c/b>\u003c/a> + listened to their constituents, maybe they'd act and not just express \"concern\" this morning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Steve Knight (R-Santa Clarita, District 25)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“The President has the authority to hire or fire anyone that reports to the Executive Branch of the Federal government. I continue to support current Congressional investigations into this and other matters and I look forward to seeing their findings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale, District 1)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>From his office: \"Congressman LaMalfa thinks it was the right decision. Director Comey has lost confidence from both sides of the aisle, and it was the right time to make a change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“The Trump Administration is in shambles. What is this Administration trying to hide? An independent commission is needed now! #TrumpRussia”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"America is great because \u003ca class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" href=\"https://twitter.com/POTUS\">\u003cs>@\u003c/s>\u003cb>POTUS\u003c/b>\u003c/a> can't stop an investigation against himself or his associates. FBI Counterintelligence decides how it ends.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento, District 6)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"We must have an independent prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in our election.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield, District 23)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“When the FBI director thinks he becomes also the attorney general and the prosecutor he’s probably overstepped,” McCarthy said. “I would argue that Comey made the FBI political, and that’s probably not the place to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove, District 4)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"I strongly support President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey for gross misconduct during his tenure, and only wish he had done so on January 20th. Because of the highly politicized circumstances involving the Russia inquiry, I think an independent prosecutor would be advisable to place the inquiry above reproach. I believe it is equally important to appoint an independent prosecutor to purse the investigations that were swept under the rug during the Obama administration, including the use of the IRS to intimidate Tea Party members, the Clinton email scandal and how much top secret intelligence was lost to our enemies, and the unfolding scandal involving use of the NSA to spy on political opponents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Scott Peters (D-La Jolla)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“Firing law enforcement officers who may be investigating you or your associates and then appointing their replacements is something that happens in dictatorships – not in the United States of America. This move from the President is breathtaking in its brazen disregard for the independence of our justice system. Republican members of Congress who fail to stand up against this are complicit in this assault on our democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The founding fathers made Congress a check on the power of the Presidency. That check only functions when it is used without regard for political party. Congress – Democrats and Republicans – must stand up in a bipartisan defense of our institutions and insist that a special prosecutor be appointed before confirming a new director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Never before has it been clearer that the integrity of our democracy depends on an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in our election and a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice to follow an investigation to wherever – and whomever – it leads. Anyone who stands in the way of an independent investigation denies the American people the answers they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa)\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>His office said he doesn't have a statement at this time.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n#Trump firing #Comey only intensifies the need for a thorough investigation of Trump's ties to #Russia. We must leave no stone unturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"The decision by a President whose campaign associates are under investigation by the FBI for collusion with Russia to fire the man overseeing that investigation, upon the recommendation of an Attorney General who has recused himself from that investigation, raises profound questions about whether the White House is brazenly interfering in a criminal matter. While I had deep reservations with the way Director Comey handled the investigation into the Clinton emails which I made clear at the time and since, to take this action without addressing the profound conflict of interest of the President and Attorney General harkens back to a similarly tainted decision by President Nixon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The same President who has called the investigation into the Russian hacking of our democracy and the potential complicity of his campaign a ‘fake,’ cannot pretend to have made such a decision uninfluenced by his concerns over Comey's continued involvement in the investigation. It is more imperative than ever that an independent prosecutor be appointed to restore a modicum of public confidence – now completely lacking – that the criminal investigation will continue without further interference by the White House.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\"#Trump fires #Comey. No reason given. 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