Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news. This evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. Late today, in an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey that he has concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama, and had about another six years to go on a 10year appointment. Recently, he has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. Major. Reporter scott, the letter nowformer f. B. I. Director james comey was characteristically blunt. It reads in part, you are hereby terminated and removed from o
Pelley this is our western edition. In a surprise move this evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. In an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey he had concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama and had about six years left on a 10year term. Recently, comey has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett it at the white house. Reporter the letter from President Trump to combing is blunt Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein writes he wrote comey made the decision after attorney general Loretta Lynch removed herself from the investigation. A meeting b