UPDATED: Schumer Says Comey Firing Could Be 'Part Of A Cover Up'

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Source: Talking Points Memo



By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MAY 9, 2017 7:23 PM

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters Tuesday night that if the Justice Department does not appoint a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Russian interference on Trump’s behalf in the 2016 election, it will indicate that FBI Director James Comey’s sudden termination was “part of a cover up.”

“Were these investigations getting too close to home for the president?” he asked.

Schumer says he questions both the timing of Comey’s firing as well as the reason given by the Justice Department—the mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails last summer and fall.

“Why now? Why did it happen today?” Schumer asked, noting that if the Clinton missteps were the true reason, the Trump administration could have dismissed him in January.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/schumer-comey-firing-fbi-trump

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UPDATE:

Schumer calls for special prosecutor, suggests cover-up

By AUSTIN WRIGHT and SEUNG MIN KIM 05/09/17 07:14 PM EDT Updated 05/09/17 07:39 PM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) demanded that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoint a special prosecutor to handle the investigation into President Donald Trump campaign's ties to Russia after FBI Director James Comey's abrupt firing Tuesday.

Without such an independent probe, Schumer said, “every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a cover-up.”

“The American people’s trust in our criminal justice system is in Rosenstein’s hands,” Schumer added. “Mr. Rosenstein, America depends on you to restore faith in our criminal justice system, which is going to be badly shattered at the administration’s actions today.”

Even some Republicans raised concern over the firing of Comey, who as FBI director was overseeing the bureau’s investigation into allegations of collusion between Russia and Trump campaign aides.

Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he was “disappointed,” calling Comey “a man of honor and integrity.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/comey-firing-congress-reaction-238180

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. "whiff of fascism" "part of a coverup" - lots of understatements happening tonight!

[Honeycombe8]

2. Thank God at least Schumer is speaking out about this. SOMEONE needs to do something. nt

[Freethinker65]

4. "IS"

[dchill]

16. IS and the meaning of IS.

Literally existential.

[tenorly]

5. Schumer is smart to see it, and very bold to say it.

Thank goodness we have him there in that post. Trump and his Rasputins have met their match.

[LisaM]

6. YA THINK?

Curious to see how it's going to unfold. Will the Senate do its job, or are they too excited by the prospect of taking away our healthcare and opening up all the national parks to oil drilling?

[PuppyBismark]

7. GOP Next Step - Prosecute Hillary

Reading the letters from the Justice Department Leaders?, the next step will be to bring Hillary to justice and put her on trial. Wait until we see who TRump appoints to be the new director. It is very clear that is what they all want to do and will try their hardest to do it. No self-respecting GOP turd would do anything to stop that from happening.

We are in for a long battle and unfortunately, we have few weapons

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. "Could be"? It is. So is firing Yates & Bharara. So is stonewalling on Flynn documents. . . . nt

[Voltaire2]

9. Ya think?

[hamsterjill]

20. +1000

Pretty obvious to most thinking people that it is a cover up. Now, if someone can just DO something about it!!!!

[rockfordfile]

10. Yes it is cover up.

Trump must resign.

[tenorly]

11. And not only that - but Comey was brazenly threatened.

Trump's using his personal rent-a-thug to deliver the dismissal letter to Comey was nothing less than a personal threat.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Special prosecutor? I nominate Sally Yates!

[MrPurple]

17. Seconded and if not, she needs to move to a swing Rethuglican district and run in 2018

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Please let her move here! She'd certainly get my vote!

We elected Kirsten Gillibrand in 2006 and now we're stuck with a Paul Ryan/Trump supporting RWer!

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Of course it's a cover up!

nt

[orangecrush]

14. Captain Obvious says...

[BigmanPigman]

15. The GOP won't do sh*the again/still!

[Nitram]

19. 'Part Of A Cover Up' You think?