Two days after Donald Trump mysteriously fired James Comey, 56, amidst the investigation into Russian Federation, two Washington officials surfaced as his temporary replacement - U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and of course Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, 49.
The White House had said Comey was sacked "based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions".
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe has promised to tell the Senate intelligence committee if there is any effort to interfere with the agency's investigation into Russian activities during last year's presidential election.
Later, Trump insisted that Comey had told him "three times" that he was not under investigation, and detailed to Holt the circumstances of those three instances.
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In announcing Comey's dismissal on Tuesday, the White House said it was based on a damning assessment of his handling of a probe into Hillary Clinton's emails - but Trump told the NBC network that he was always going to dismiss him.
Trump made up his mind last weekend, fired Comey on Tuesday, and almost lost Rosenstein in the scrum that followed, the Post reported.
"I believe that it would be very unfair to hear from somebody who we don't even know and immediately run out and fire a general", he said.
Though the White House deputy press secretary painted a gloomy scene of the Federal Bureau of Investigation community after Comey's dismissal on Tuesday, saying that there was a "a near uprising" and that "rank-and-file members within the Federal Bureau of Investigation had lost confidence in the director", reports have emerged that conflicted with the White House's official accounts.
Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, setting off a wave of backlash that has included Democratic calls for a special prosecutor.
Sanders also said that the White House would "love" for the investigation "to be completed so that we can all move on". They've distanced the decision from the FBI probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 campaign, only to later suggest Comey's firing would aid the investigation. "My decision", he said. "And I want it to happen".
"He made a recommendation, he's highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy, the Democrats like him, the Republicans like him, he made a recommendation but regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey", he said.
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