May 12 Explaining Comey’s firing challenges White House advisers By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The White House's explanation of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey has been a moving target. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 9:06 How the White House’s explanation of Comey firing has changed By PBS News Hour As President Trump lambasted in an interview the man he had fired two days ago, the acting FBI director at a Senate hearing painted a very different picture of James Comey. Meanwhile, the president's explanation seemed to contradict what White… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 6:21 Panetta: Comey firing undermines investigation credibility By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 11 Watch 5:46 TIME magazine offers portrait of Trump facing realities of the White House By PBS News Hour As questions swirl around President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, earlier this week TIME magazine was given unusual access behind the scenes at the White House. Judy Woodruff talks to Michael Scherer of TIME magazine about… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 7:22 Comey firing and its impact draws debate among Republicans By PBS News Hour How does the fallout from the firing of FBI Director James Comey affect the functioning and the stability of the Trump presidency? Judy Woodruff gets two views from David Avella of GOPAC and Steve Deace of The Steve Deace Show… Continue watching
May 11 On Comey’s firing, the White House keeps changing its story By John Yang When and how Trump reached the decision to fire FBI director James Comey is a moving target. Continue reading
May 11 Did Sessions break recusal vow in helping fire Comey? By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from investigations related to the presidential campaign, yet he played a central role in the sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey, leaving many wondering if he violated that pledge. Continue reading
May 11 Trump details calls with Comey: ‘I know that I’m not under investigation’ By Julie Pace, Eileen Sullivan and Jake Pearson, Associated Press Trump detailed his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, who he fired this week, in an interview with NBC News Thursday. Continue reading
May 11 Acting FBI chief McCabe contradicts White House explanations on Comey firing By Eileen Sullivan and Deb Riechmann and Julie Pace, Associated Press Piece by piece, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe undermined recent White House explanations about the firing of FBI Director James Comey during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday. Continue reading
May 11 Trump’s boiling frustration with Comey led to his removal By Jonathan Lemire and Nancy Benac, Associated Press The swirling questions about possible contacts between President Donald Trump's presidential campaign team and Russia just wouldn't stop, and he felt it was overshadowing his early achievements. Continue reading