McCain: Trump’s Firing Of Comey A ‘Comedy Of Errors’

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions former FBI Director James Comey during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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When President Donald Trump decided to fire James Comey as FBI director in the midst of the Russia probe, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was stumped.

He told Esquire in an interview conducted in May and published on Sunday that he found Trump’s decision “hard to comprehend.” The senator said that the way the firing was handled was also bizarre.

Trump sent a staffer to hand deliver a letter to the FBI informing Comey that he was fired, but Comey was not in his office. Comey first learned the news when he saw it on a television in the background while he was giving a speech.

“It’s just a comedy of errors,” McCain told Esquire.

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  1. Sorry Gramps
    No one is listening or cares what you have to say.
    Not like the good ol’ days when you had your regular spot on the Sunday blabfests

  2. Trump’s actions are not akin to being comic, they are tragic (and destructive), as is his entire Presidency.

  3. An interview in May published in November? Says something about its newsworthiness/importance/interest.

  4. Avatar for dont dont says:

    This comedy ain’t very funny.

  5. Comedy of errors. Is that a new term for “obstruction of justice”?

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