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Were going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. I wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the Wadirector Comey former Director Comey found out about this, the New York Times account of this is just stunning. He was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. In response, mr. Comey laughed. He said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. And then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. Comey that he should step into a nearby office. Mr. Comey stopped addressing the group. He proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. At that point, he had not heard from the white house. Sho ....
has this happened before, where you are doing an investigation and the attorney general appoints a special prosecutor to conduct the same investigation? it happened to me when i was in what i thought was my last job infer the government as deputy attorney general. and i appointed patrick fitzgerald then the u.s. attorney in chicago to oversee a very sensitive investigation involving allegations that bush administration officials outed a cia operatedive. what happened is the team of agents that had been working for up a chain that came to me was just moved over and worked up under patrick fitzgerald. ari melber, a seamless ansition but these things are not fast. special prosecutors have some of the slowest track records that prosecutors have. right and they have more power. normally this would seem like an obscure matter. i think anyone watching tonight understands why it matters so much, because the prosecutor in charge is ultimately making the calls. ....