WASHINGTON (AP) – Things to know about President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI director:
THE BIG WHY
Theories abound about why Trump fired Comey – and why now.
Trump said he fired the FBI director because he “wasn’t doing a good job” and on the recommendation of Justice Department officials. The White House pointed to a memo written by a newly confirmed deputy attorney general stating that Comey’s disclosures about the Hillary Clinton email investigation were a “textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.”
Democrats – and even some Republicans – found Trump’s explanation implausible.