Michael Bennet: “as you know, last night President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. He did this in the middle of an active FBI…”

“as you know, last night President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. He did this in the middle of an active FBI investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign, Trump associates, and the Russian Government. This action should worry every Member of the Senate. I know it worries the people we represent. My office has been flooded with calls since this decision became public. Americans are asking why this firing happened now, why the firing happened at all--and they are right to ask. Officially, President Trump said the FBI Director's dismissal was necessary to restore the ``public trust and confidence'' in the FBI. That is laughable. Anybody who knows Director Comey or knows the FBI knows that statement is completely false. I had my issues with the decisions that Director Comey had made over the past months. I never called for his removal, but I know that he did not have a negative effect on morale at the Justice Department or in the FBI. I worked for a Deputy Attorney General of the United States. I am so disappointed in the tone of the letter written by this Deputy Attorney General--we learned this afternoon--at the request of the President of the United States. This is not a letter that came up through the chain at DOJ, but a conversation--as the public reports are tonight--that happened at the White House, where the Deputy Attorney General and the President agreed mutually that it was time for Director Comey to go.…”