Honestly, I thought Comey deserved to be fired for multiple offenses but I also think it should have been handled with more finesse. He should have been brought in and told frankly that his time was over. Perhaps events had thrust him into an impossible ethical dilemma and he did do what he thought was the right thing. Unfortunately, he grossly overstepped the limits of his office in doing so. The one thing we cannot have is an FBI director who is accountable to no one and seen to be pursuing quixotic vendettas.
So Comey could have been encouraged to resign for the good of the country and he could have walked off in a blaze of glory, something he seems to have quite a taste for.
The fact that Trump, no stranger to firing people, chose instead to do it in a publicly humiliating and demeaning manner, even though he had to realize it would make him look impetuous at best, speaks volumes. This was personal and he wanted Comey to suffer.
I can only speculate but I think the reasons were threefold. One, Trump was furious that Comey refused to investigate the leaks, which remain the only known criminal conduct in this entire affair. Two, Trump had grown frustrated with the never-ending investigations, which had produced nothing but whose continue existence seemed to validate the "Russians stole the election" narrative. Third, the new Deputy AG Rosenstein was able to substantiate Comey's manifold errors and abuses of power.
The media are desperate to relive their long gone glory days of Watergate when they lynched another hated republican president. Times have changed however, and the public is far more aware of media bias and democrat mendacity. There will be no special counsels and in a week or so, this will be ancient history.
So Comey could have been encouraged to resign for the good of the country and he could have walked off in a blaze of glory, something he seems to have quite a taste for.
The fact that Trump, no stranger to firing people, chose instead to do it in a publicly humiliating and demeaning manner, even though he had to realize it would make him look impetuous at best, speaks volumes. This was personal and he wanted Comey to suffer.
I can only speculate but I think the reasons were threefold. One, Trump was furious that Comey refused to investigate the leaks, which remain the only known criminal conduct in this entire affair. Two, Trump had grown frustrated with the never-ending investigations, which had produced nothing but whose continue existence seemed to validate the "Russians stole the election" narrative. Third, the new Deputy AG Rosenstein was able to substantiate Comey's manifold errors and abuses of power.
The media are desperate to relive their long gone glory days of Watergate when they lynched another hated republican president. Times have changed however, and the public is far more aware of media bias and democrat mendacity. There will be no special counsels and in a week or so, this will be ancient history.
