Reports: Trump To Retain James Comey As FBI Director

, during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,. Trump earlier today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstration... , during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,. Trump earlier today mocked protesters who gathered for large demonstrations across the U.S. and the world on Saturday to signal discontent with his leadership, but later offered a more conciliatory tone, saying he recognized such marches as a "hallmark of our democracy." Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception, White House, Washington DC, USA - 22 Jan 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump will retain FBI Director James Comey to lead the law enforcement agency under his new administration, according to reports published Tuesday.

Comey told top agents that Trump asked him to stay in his post, according to a New York Times report citing people familiar with the matter.

The Washington Post also reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Comey told people he was asked to retain his job.

Representatives for the White House and FBI declined to comment to the publications.

Comey is under investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general for his announcement, ten days prior to Election Day, of a potential development in the probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

After Trump’s upset victory in November, his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said that Comey’s announcement “energized” Trump to win the election.

Comey will likely have to perform a delicate balancing act, as his agency is reportedly leading an investigation into whether there were communications between associates of Trump’s campaign and Russian officials. For his part, in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January, Comey refused to say whether the agency was probing possible links between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

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  1. Well, that’s no surprise. He owes Comey – without his interference he’d have lost the election.

    It’s honor among thieves…er, crooks…er, conmen…

  2. “Truly, I say to you, they shall have their reward”

  3. Because of course.

  4. When you have someone as reliably in the tank as Comey, why replace him.

    Plus, Trump and Comey not only share the same blackmailer, they share the same dry cleaner. And a man’s suit is really his calling card in life.

  5. And that should do it. The loop is now closed and hermetically sealed on Russia’s takeover. When do we switch to the Ruble?

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