Soon after learning that President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) took to the Senate floor to voice concerns that the investigation Comey was leading into the Trump campaign’s alleged coordination with the Russian government during the 2016 election will end with his dismissal.
“The termination and removal of James Comey as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation raises the critical question as to whether the FBI investigation into the Russian interference in the last presidential campaign will continue, and whether the investigation into any collusion or involvement by the Trump campaign will also be investigated by the FBI,” he said. “Any attempt to stop or undermine this FBI investigation would raise grave constitutional issues. We await clarification by the White House as soon as possible as to whether this investigation will continue and whether it will have a credible lead, so we know it will have a just outcome.”
The answer to your questions senator are
Yep - this is Trump proving what he bragged about -
he can shoot somebody in the middle of Times Square and nothing will be done about it!
It’s long past time for a special prosecutor, but I’m not holding my breath waiting for a Trump-Sessions DOJ to hire one. Time for Congress and the courts to act.
This is halfway in the right direction, but Durbin’s statement still gives Trump the benefit of the doubt. The correct response is to 1) demand a special prosecutor, and 2) use every legislative tactic and creative non-legislative approach to grind the Trump agenda to a dead stop.