Five holes in the story: All the doubts cast on Trump FBI explanation in one day
WASHINGTON — A few holes have already been blown into the story of why Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI — with some self-inflicted blasts coming from the president himself.
Doubt was cast Thursday on about five elements of the story.
The White House had stated the following: the FBI’s Russia investigation was no big deal, the investigation was unrelated to James Comey’s ouster, the ouster came at the behest of a senior Justice Department official, it helped boost morale at the FBI, and before being canned the director promised Trump he wasn’t being investigated.
One by one, the story’s pillars wobbled.