Comey was 'caught flat-footed' and learned of firing from TV while talking to FBI agents in L.A.

[question everything]

Source: Los Angeles Times

James B. Comey, who was ousted today as FBI director by President Trump, learned about his firing from a TV news report while speaking with FBI agents in Los Angeles, according to an FBI source.

"He was caught flat-footed," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Comey was surprised by the news but kept talking to the agents, the source said. Another source said that once the news flashed on the screen, Comey was ushered off into another room to meet with aides.

Comey was set to speak Tuesday night at an FBI recruiting event in Hollywood. But the source said that in the wake of his firing, Comey will not go forward with the program. TV coverage showed Comey boarding a jet at Los Angeles International Airport. The jet took off about 6 p.m. and was headed for Washington D.C., according to the plane’s flight plan.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-comey-los-angeles-20170509-story.html

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Not enough guts to say "You are fired" to his face, eh?

But, of course, there is nothing nice or honorable about this gang, regardless of what we think of Comey.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Everyone learns the hard way with The Con

Watching MSNBC right now, the NYT reporter said Comey called the initial report of his firing "a prank" to the group of FBI employees he was addressing.

[TheBlackAdder]

22. That's such a shitty and immature way to terminate someone. Trump is like a tweenager dating.

[IronLionZion]

2. I hope Comey has dirt on these assholes

and is feeling vindictive

[TheBlackAdder]

23. I'm sure the FBI knows who they are dealing with, and has contingency plans for this very scenario.

[question everything]

26. And one of the commentators yesterday said that now the Senate can still call for his testimony

as a private citizen. Hope so, too.

[yallerdawg]

3. I have no respect or sympathy for Comey.

I won't even "pretend."

Almost a year of wanting him fired - by anybody! And now we got it!

It is a shock! A wonderful, pleasurable shock!

'Saturday Night Massacre'? You all DO remember how that turned out?

In this case, a win/win?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Perhaps you think tRumps nominee McCONnell already said he will rubberstamp will be better? :eyes:

[yallerdawg]

7. Yes - I do.

Comey ran out of 'benefit of the doubt' a long time ago.

If this prick wasn't a partisan Republican hack, I've never seen one!

Would we have Madame President if America had known Trump was under FBI investigation for the last year?

"Huma got emails!" or "Trump working with Russia to destroy American democracy!"

We didn't get that conversation, did we?

[Sculpin Beauregard]

8. This gloating is awful. Country will be torn apart by this. Mark my words.

[yallerdawg]

9. Comey was a horror.

Getting rid of this lousy prick before he completely destroyed the credibility of the FBI as an impartial investigative body is a step towards keeping our country together!

This is our time for celebration - this administration is short one more partisan hack!

[Sculpin Beauregard]

10. good luck

[defacto7]

11. Replaced by...... ?

A Trump appointment?

[yallerdawg]

13. Could ANY Trump appointment be worse than Comey?

Comey gave us Trump in the White House!

Comey was just nailed for lying under oath about Huma emails!

What did he say about Trump? Nothing!

[defacto7]

15. Understood... but

chaos is the outcome if put in Trump's context. Comey could have been taken out by other means than opening a hole that can crash the whole damn system. Could Trump appoint anyone worse? Hell yeah. If Trump has an agenda he could do major damage.

[JI7]

18. yes someone else can be worse than comey, and these are 2 different issues

[question everything]

25. Yes, and my first thought was: how ungrateful after getting the White House

from Comey on a silver platter.

And only the Democrats, so far, are asking "why now?" if the reason is Hillary emails..

(yes, we know..)

[mwooldri]

4. so Comey learns of his firing from the "fake news" eh?

does that mean he's actually not fired?

[napi21]

5. I just heard that. My instant response was "The Con is the biggest chickenshit b'tard ever!"

He doesn't have the balls to pick up his beloved phone and tell Comey personally? For all the bragging about how he loves to fire people, he really takes the chickenshit way out!

[defacto7]

12. I think more likely playing God by cable.

He probably thinks it makes Comey look insignificant. That's how a narcissist does it.

[Honeycombe8]

14. This is not the way to treat an FBI Director. Trump is trailer trash.

As usual, he tries to crush people and ruin careers. Trump has no decency. Horrible way to fire someone.

Yet, the announcement for Flynn is that he resigned (when we know he was fired), and was told personally by Trump. Flynn...the criminal on Russian payroll.

[whistler162]

20. This isn't the way to treat a burger flipper at McD's!

[Honeycombe8]

21. +1 nt

[LudwigPastorius]

16. "Not enough guts to say "You are fired" to his face, eh?"

Not only not enough guts to tell Comey personally, but not enough guts to own the impetus for the firing.

Notice in the letter how passive Trump's action is: "I have accepted their (Sessions and Rosenstein's) recommendation and you are hereby terminated...".

What a coward.

[not fooled]

17. MSNBC analyst Robert Costa reported

that dump had his bodyguard hand-carry the firing letter over to the FBI, which showed how "deeply personal" this matter was to the con. Sounds like a mob technique to inflict maximum revenge on the target. Of course we all know dump is just a NY thug.

[DeminPennswoods]

19. One of Hayes' guests said

Can't recall her name, but she made an interesting comment that giving no notice/warning of firing did not allow Comey time to have the agents working the case ensure nothing was lost. Just as Obama's administration sent copies/lists of documents to the Senate/House, presumably to the Dems, so that information wouldn't be lost or if it was, someone would know it. The FBI had no chance to do the same.

[Judi Lynn]

24. To think this is the clown who had himself on tv weekly "firing" people face to face, too.

He spent so much of his time trying to create the image of someone who's accustomed to handling matters like firings.

[inwiththenew]

27. Comey should have been fired by Obama after that stunt he pulled in last few weeks of the campaign

The guy is an unrepentant snake in the grass as evidence by his recent statements on Huma's emails.