John Robson: Why is anyone surprised by Comey's termination? His blunders were unbelievable
President Donald Trump removed James Comey as FBI Director on May 9, 2017
If firing Comey is a cunning plan to smother any investigation of the Trump campaign’s Russia ties, it is comically inept.
So offhand you’d think Trump would feel favourably toward the man he just fired. Except earlier, in the summer of 2016, Comey inexplicably let Clinton off the hook for clear violations of the law in failing to protect classified documents. On July 5, 2016 he announced that she would not face charges, because although her behaviour was “extremely careless” there was no intent. This is astounding, since the law plainly states that negligent as well as deliberate mishandling of such material is a felony.
John Robson: Why is anyone surprised by Comey's termination? His blunders were unbelievable
President Donald Trump removed James Comey as FBI Director on May 9, 2017
If firing Comey is a cunning plan to smother any investigation of the Trump campaign’s Russia ties, it is comically inept.
So offhand you’d think Trump would feel favourably toward the man he just fired. Except earlier, in the summ
er of 2016, Comey inexplicably let Clinton off the hook for clear violations of the law in failing to protect classified documents. On July 5, 2016 he announced that she would not face charges, because although her behaviour was “extremely careless” there was no intent. This is astounding, since the law plainly states that negligent as well as deliberate mishandling of such material is a felony.