Comeys Firing Came as Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe

[CousinIT]

Source: Wall St. Journal

WASHINGTON—In the weeks before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, a federal investigation into potential collusion between Trump associates and the Russian government was heating up, as Mr. Comey became increasingly occupied with the probe.

Mr. Comey started receiving daily instead of weekly updates on the investigation, beginning at least three weeks ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter and the progress of the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. >>> Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing possible evidence of collusion, according to these people. <<<

White House officials said Wednesday that Mr. Trump had for months been contemplating the possibility of removing Mr. Comey, and that the dismissal this week wasn’t connected to the Russian probe.




Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/james-comey-had-requested-more-money-for-fbi-s-russia-investigation-before-being-fired-u-s-official-1494433061

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Read the article. It says Comey had just found "possible evidence of collusion" between Trump-Russia when he was fired.

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Mr. Comey started receiving daily instead of weekly updates on the investigation, beginning at least three weeks ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter and the progress of the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing possible evidence of collusion, according to these people.

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1. How to get around the paywall to read articles in The Wall Street Journal.:

For free access to articles in The Wall Street Journal., trying going in through the authors' Twitter feeds.

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Comey’s Firing Came as Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe

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Comey’s Firing Came as Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe

FBI director had been providing updates to top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee

By Shane Harris and Carol E. Lee

Updated May 10, 2017 10:02 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—In the weeks before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, a federal investigation into potential collusion between Trump associates and the Russian government was heating up, as Mr. Comey became increasingly occupied with the probe.

Mr. Comey started receiving daily instead of weekly updates on the investigation, beginning at least three weeks ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter and the progress of the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing possible evidence of collusion, according to these people.

White House officials said Wednesday that Mr. Trump had for months been contemplating the possibility of removing Mr. Comey, and that the dismissal this week wasn’t connected to the Russian probe.

Meanwhile, a congressional investigation into Russian meddling picked up steam as the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday for the president’s former national security adviser, Mike Flynn, to produce documents relevant to the investigation. And a federal grand jury in Northern Virginia has issued subpoenas for records tied to Mr. Flynn, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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—Paul Sonne, Byron Tau, Del Quentin Wilber and Kristina Peterson contributed to this article.

Write to Shane Harris at [e-mail] and Carol E. Lee at [e-mail]

Appeared in the May. 11, 2017, print edition as 'Investigators Step Up Russia Probe.'

[CousinIT]

3. Thanks!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Muchas Gracias Amigo! . . . nt

[Thinkingabout]

2. Comey stating he may have affected the outcome of the election probably got him fired, it goes back

to the number of people at the inauguration and his claim no one had won bigger than he did, he is very touchy about this matter. Also he feels the hounds nipping at his heels.

[JudyM]

5. Yes, this is his raw nerve.

[JudyM]

6. If this is the reason, it suggests someone close to Comey, maybe in the FBI, was reporting back

to tRump's camp. A leak.