President Donald Trump is facing new pressure over his decision to abruptly fire FBI Director James Comey after the New York Times revealed on Friday that the president told Russian officials in the Oval Office last week that Comey’s ouster takes “great pressure” off him.The Times cited a document that summarized Trump’s meeting with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak. Trump was already under fire for allegedly revealing highly classified information about an Islamic State threat to the Russians during the meeting.“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition
