By CNSNews.com Staff | December 14, 2020 | 1:21pm EST (Screen Capture) Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey sent out a tweet today to let people know that this is his 60 th birthday. “Don’t feel a day over 59,” he said. On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired Comey as FBI director. That day, the Office of the Press Secretary of the White House put out a statement that said: “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”