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reaction to comey s firing this morning from both sides of the aisle. some criticism from republicans, including congressman jason chaffetz, a trump supporter, calling on the justice department inspector general to review the firing. chaffetz says in a statement, previously, i asked inspector general horowitz to review the fbi s actions in advance of the 2016 elections. today i sent a letter urging ig horowitz to expand the scope of his review to include the decision to fire director comey. i look forward to receiving the ig s findings. other top republicans coming to the president s defense, like house speaker paul ryan, in his first comments since the firing. listen. james comey, who is a worthwhile and dedicated public servant, i think he had just basically lost the confidence of a lot of republicans and a lot of democrats based upon his conduct, his actions, and some of the comments that he had made. and most importantly, he lost the confidence of the president, and it is ent

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170511:17:04:00

lester holt that he was going to fire director comey whether or not he had that recommendation or not and he called director comey a show boat and called him a grand stander. do you agree with that assessment? we just heard something different i m not going to speak for senator warner. i ll let him do that. i put out a statement the night of the director s firing. i found him to be one of the most ethical upright straightforward individuals i ve had the opportunity to work with. he provided our committee more access to information than any director of the fbi. sure, there were fbi employees that disagreed with how he handled the clinton e-mail announcements and his interaction or lack there of with the attorney general at the time. the lion share of fbi employees respect the former director. and it shows the professionalism

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170511:00:42:00

this over for months hearing from john king and others he was white hot and been this way, angered at comey s testimony. on the other hand they say rosenstein expressed his concerns in this letter and that very day it so moved the president that is what led him to fire comey. the letter really is a ludicrous pretense for this action. you think that s cover for the action. the reason i say that is indeed that actions that are the subject of this complaint and i was critical of director comey at the time for the way he did the clinton e-mail decision not to prosecute. he made the announcement. he made statements in the press, which are a violation of normal rules that apply to prosecutors. he justified it in the hearing that he had recently by saying it was a matter of intense public interest. but still, as critical as i was, i did not consider it a reason

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executed. i hope you won t either. it is done, i will be fine, although i will miss you and the mission deeply. sources inside the white house tell cnn president trump kept his decision to fire comey very close to the vest in the 48 hours before dropping the bombshell. he did not seek a wide range of viewpoints. and he grew increasingly angry with the fbi director after reaching the conclusion comey was his own man and could not be trusted. a long-time friend who spoke to the president over the weekend describes him as white hot and complaining repeatedly about russia, russia, trump and russia. that friend says the president has regularly expressed frustration that they can t make this all go away. he was apparently referring to comey and his staff, among others. the president also particularly angry with comey for testifying he was mildly nauseous about the possibility that he himself influenced the presidential election.

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170511:04:43:00

on the other hand they say rosenstein expressed his concerns in this letter and that very day it so moved the president that is what led him to fire comey. the letter really is a ludicrous pretense for this action. you think that s cover for the action. the reason i say that is indeed that actions that are the subject of this complaint and i was critical of director comey at the time for the way he did the clinton e-mail decision not to prosecute. he made the announcement. he made statements in the press, which are a violation of normal rules that apply to prosecutors. he justified it in the hearing that he had recently by saying it was a matter of intense public interest. but still, as critical as i was, i did not consider it a reason to fire him then and ten months afterward, donald trump actually

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