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. Shortly after that, rachel,
after all of that, its been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbis headquarters just 7 blocks from the white house,
analysts here have just explained why the official explanation doesn t add up. but because of the entire process, it is clearly suspect. to make a couple of points on that, number one, there s an open doj issue how comey handled the e-mail investigation. that was not finished, that was not taken into account. number two, the official story is we are led to believe that deputy attorney general who has a lot of power but is not the boss, comes into office. comes to meet and greet. set up his office, put his books on the shelf. within 13 days is looking for a midterm firing of the fbi director, something that s happened once in american history only after full review as i mentioned that was done then by the office of professional responsibility. that he sends this over, not through the typical way the doj speaks, which is through research memoranda with precedence and law and citations. with a series of quotes, something that campaigns tend to put together.
we re 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. shortly after that, rachel,
would that be possibly something that should be a consensus pick, suggested by both parties in the judiciary committee. lawrence, i think if there was ever a time for a consensus pick to get somebody who was a career prosecutor, to get somebody that was, in effect, above pressure, but that was suppose to be the deputy attorney general who now we ve seen written frankly laughable letter explaining the firing for comey was because he didn t treat then secretary clinton nice enough, whoever believes that, maybe there is a piece of real estate i can sell you in russia or in south florida. but, you know, i think more than ever now we need that kind of consensus pick, but what we ve not seen from this administration at any turn is this move to the center, or this move to rising above the story of the day. you know, there s a whole lot of dots, lawrence, that we ve got to connect. boy oh boy if you look at the
what s called i toss and the counter terrorism division. he s got a wealth of experience and he s moved up progressively through the ranks. he s a no nonsense guy and i think he ll be an excellent choice for the job. and, you know, you were talking before about will the investigations continue. the investigations will absolutely continue, but the piece that i think most people are missing in terms of the connection here. anything that s going to put in terms of charges, if it s something that comes from the russia investigation, ultimately will be given to a prosecutor, u.s. attorney to the department of justice. and so when you look at this letter, this firing tonight, it comes from the doj. so the gap isn t so much about will the investigation continue, it s what aggressive action can be taken or what charges can be levied when you have a doj that s going around removing people selectively in this case, comey. rachel, what do you make of the political response from the democrats to