The fisher director who is the only person who is independently leading this moving forward when you dont have him doing that you need an outside group doing it. Republicans should call for that shouldnt be a partisan thing. Cnn live coverage of this breaking news is obviously going to be continuing all night. Jake tapper along at 11 00 p. M. Eastern with a special report. First don lemon and cnn tonight with the latest. Anderson thank you very much our breaking news tonight, President Trump bombshell firing of fbi director james comey. This is cnn tonight im don lemon lets put it as plainly as we can. The president of the United States has fired the man investigating his campaigns ties to russia. Fired him. Shocking confusion tonight on capitol hill. Around the country and around the world. Now questions being raised of whether there is a coverup going on. This is definitely not politics as usual. We have said it before but its
look at this very brief letter the president sent to the
look at this very brief letter the president sent to the fisher director hand tlifrd to the fbi late this afternoon, the second appraise of this letter perhaps says it all. let s take a look at it don. it says while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation, i nevertheless concur with the judgment of the department of justice that you are not able to effective lead the bureau. now, all of in is coming the white house is explaining the firing because the director of the fisher had lost the confidence of the bureau. he said the deputy attorney general and the attorney general made this recommendation to the president. but in their memorandums and letters that they sent out here paul of them are talking about the clinton investigation, the 2016 campaign. they say director comey did not handle himself properly in that investigation. in the president s letter he does not mention the clinton controversy campaign one time. he brings