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Days after his abrupt dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump’s attempts to triage the fallout only plunged the episode further into confusion. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had already decided to fire ousted FBI Director James Comey before Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote up a formal recommendation to do so. Source: CNN

One of the main reasons that President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday night was because the rank-and-file workers at the bureau simply didn’t like Comey and, more importantly, didn’t feel like they could trust him. Source: CNN

In a new interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, President Trump says he was going to fire FBI Director James Comey regardless of recommendation. Source: CNN

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday there has been no effort to impede the FBI’s investigation into Russia interference in the election, but vowed to inform a Senate panel if the White House tried to intervene. Source: CNN

What do we know about the acting FBI director, Andrew McCabe? Source: CNN

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President Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey. We’re covering the latest updates below. Source: CNN

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and insisted the decision wasn’t due to the ongoing probe into alleged ties between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Source: CNN

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threw cold water Wednesday on any calls for a new investigation by a special prosecutor, following President Donald Trump’s decision to firing of FBI Director James Comey, saying “too much is at stake” to halt an investigation already in progress. Source: CNN