Ex-DOJ official spills beans on why Comey had to go. 'The alligators were in the swamp, and we all tried to warn the White House'

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Ex-DOJ official spills beans on why Comey had to go
'The alligators were in the swamp, and we all tried to warn the White House'
Published: 10 hours ago


While the media and politicians from both parties look for deeper reasons for President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James B. Comey, a former Justice Department official says the decision was long overdue and needed for obvious reasons.

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Victoria Toensing told WND and Radio America she and others in the justice and law-enforcement community urged Trump to dismiss Comey from Day 1.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/ex-doj-official-spills-beans-on-why-comey-had-to-go/#5P8B3jGUhwj2o53x.99

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein accused Comey of usurping the authority of the attorney general in making such a pronouncement and for exposing Clinton’s misdeeds when he was effectively closing the investigation.

But Toensing said Comey made far more mistakes, starting with his repeated misstating of the statute in question. Comey insisted that intent to break the law was required to bring charges, while gross negligence is the standard laid out in federal law. She also savaged Comey for refusing to impanel a grand jury to probe Clinton and for allowing the same attorney to represent multiple witnesses in the case. ...