Comey Firing

🟣 Cover-ups & Obstruction · May 2017

Summary

Trump fired FBI Director Comey while Comey was overseeing the Russia investigation. Trump told NBC’s Lester Holt he fired Comey with ‘the Russia thing’ in mind. He also told Russian officials in the Oval Office that he’d relieved ‘great pressure’ by firing Comey. The Mueller report examined this as a potential act of obstruction of justice. This firing directly led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.