Ernst did not issue a statement on the matter, but when asked by a reporter about the firing on Wednesday, a spokesperson said in an email: "Senator Ernst has said the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation serves at the pleasure of the President; therefore, this decision was up to President Trump to make". "If the election were on October 27, I would have been your president", she tells a women's luncheon in NY. Conway insisted that the President's decision was significantly shaped by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's recommendation to terminate Comey. "Then acts so indignant".
President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "an entirely domestic matter" for the US.
Similar concerns have been raised about how Sally Yates' and James Comey's dismissals will affect the credibility of the FBI's Russian Federation investigation, which is overseen by the Department of Justice. But Comey was also investigating whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russian officials to help influence the USA election.
In a flurry of tweets, Trump said Comey had "lost the confidence of nearly everyone in Washington", adding: "When things calm down, they will be thanking me!" The FBI has not confirmed that Comey ever made those assurances to the president.
Even so, Comey's dismissal has fueled calls from both Democrats and Republicans to the DOJ to appoint a special counsel to oversee the bureau's Russian Federation probe.
At present, there are huge doubts over the future of the investigation into the Trump-Russia ties.
Strong gains in local polls boost May's chances in June election
Speaking to Labour supporters in Liverpool, Mr Corbyn said: "We've had some hard results overnight". Labour lost seats evenly across England, Scotland and Wales.
Issa himself has said his call for a special prosecutor was premature without a specific allegation of a crime. "Richie" devised one of the greatest military frauds in United States history. He eventually became assistant section chief of International Terrorism Operations Section One, responsible for counterterrorism investigations in the U.S.
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal. Blumenthal clarified that he meant to say he served "during" the war, as he was a member of the Marine Corps Reserves for six years but did not serve overseas.
Trump was given five deferments from the draft, including one because of a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said the White House was "brazenly interfering" in the probe.
Senator John McCain has said he was "disappointed" in the decision and called for a "special congressional committee to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 election".
"Not since Watergate have our legal systems been so threatened and our faith in the independence and integrity of those systems so shaken", he said in a statement. Mr. Nixon wanted to fire the special prosecutor appointed to investigate his conduct.
Six days later, he said on Fox News that Comey "did the right thing". "When things calm down, they will be thanking me!"
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