It's troubling because the assertion -- and I just brought the letter with me. The firing was based, he says, I have this memo from the deputy attorney general and the attorney general recommending your dismissal.
King comments on the troubling nature of the narrative surrounding Comey's firing and the reasons given for it.
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I want to understand if they're doing this again, and if so, how are they proceeding? What are the targets? Are they in fact going after people with criminal records?
We remain supportive of removing dangerous convicted criminals from our communities, but this goal can and must be achieved without endangering these very communities in the process.
We don’t know when. This week, we’re seeing extraordinary weather across the country that’s going to be hitting us in a few days, and so we just have to be ready.
My concern was the in the initial surge, they arrested something like 200 people and 20 of them had criminal records. The rest didn't.
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