20170510074133.238|20170510074134.907|CC1|CLINTON STATE DEPARTMENT, I
20170510074135.040|20170510074136.375|CC1|THINK IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
20170510074136.508|20170510074138.076|CC1|ARE FINDING QUITE FISHY.
20170510074138.210|20170510074139.211|CC1|>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT DOES
20170510074139.344|20170510074141.013|CC1|NOT CITE THE RUSSIA
20170510074141.146|20170510074142.414|CC1|INVESTIGATION AS A REASON FOR
20170510074142.548|20170510074143.515|CC1|COMEY'S DISMISSAL.
20170510074143.649|20170510074145.050|CC1|INSTEAD THE WHITE HOUSE SUGGESTS
20170510074145.183|20170510074147.452|CC1|COMEY FELL SHORT OF FBI
20170510074147.586|20170510074147.819|CC1|STANDARDS.
20170510074147.953|20170510074149.121|CC1|TRUMP CALLED THE BUREAU ONE OF
20170510074149.254|20170510074151.890|CC1|OUR NATION'S MOST CHERISHED AND
20170510074152.024|20170510074153.225|CC1|RESPECTED INSTITUTIONS AND TODAY
20170510074153.358|20170510074155.594|CC1|WILL MARK A NEW BEGINNING FOR
20170510074155.727|20170510074157.596|CC1|OUR CROWN JEWEL OF LAW
20170510074157.729|20170510074158.130|CC1|ENFORCEMENT.
20170510074158.263|20170510074159.331|CC1|DONALD TRUMP SPOKESWOMAN
20170510074159.464|20170510074200.465|CC1|KELLYANNE CONWAY SPOKE TONIGHT
20170510074200.599|20170510074201.733|CC1|WITH CNN'S ANDERSON COOPER.
20170510074201.867|20170510074203.902|CC1|>> IT'S NOT A COVER-UP.
20170510074204.036|20170510074205.470|CC1|THE PRESIDENT MAKES CLEAR IN HIS
20170510074205.604|20170510074206.738|CC1|LETTER THE FACT THAT MR. COMEY
20170510074206.872|20170510074208.340|CC1|ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS
20170510074208.473|20170510074210.642|CC1|ASSURED THE PRESIDENT HE IS NOT
20170510074210.776|20170510074211.176|CC1|UNDER INVESTIGATION.
20170510074211.310|20170510074213.145|CC1|THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
20170510074213.278|20170510074213.879|CC1|RUSSIA, AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY MUST
20170510074214.012|20170510074215.614|CC1|BE GETTING $50 EVERY TIME THE
20170510074215.747|20170510074217.916|CC1|WORD IS SAID, I'M CONVINCED.
20170510074218.050|20170510074218.850|CC1|>> Reporter: PRESS SECRETARY
20170510074218.984|20170510074219.618|CC1|SEAN SPICER SAYS TRUMP TOOK THE
20170510074219.751|20170510074221.453|CC1|ADVICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
20170510074221.587|20170510074223.388|CC1|GENERAL, ROD ROSENSTEIN.
20170510074223.522|20170510074224.656|CC1|>> HE DETERMINED THE FBI
20170510074224.790|20170510074225.524|CC1|DIRECTOR LOST HIS CONFIDENCE.
20170510074225.657|20170510074227.159|CC1|HE FORWARDED THAT RECOMMENDATION
20170510074227.292|20170510074227.859|CC1|TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
20170510074227.993|20170510074229.094|CC1|THE PRESIDENT AGREED WITH IT.
20170510074229.228|20170510074230.362|CC1|>> Reporter: BY ALL ACCOUNTS
20170510074230.495|20170510074232.231|CC1|COMEY WAS TAKEN ABACK BY THE
20170510074232.364|20170510074232.531|CC1|NEWS.
20170510074232.664|20170510074234.366|CC1|CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED IS HOW ONE
20170510074234.499|20170510074235.400|CC1|AGENT DESCRIBED IT.
20170510074235.534|20170510074237.135|CC1|HE TOLD US THE NEWS POPPED UP ON
20170510074237.269|20170510074239.805|CC1|THE TV SCREENS AS COMEY WAS
20170510074239.938|20170510074240.572|CC1|SPEAKING.
20170510074240.706|20170510074243.075|CC1|AND SUDDENLY EVERYONE'S PHONES
20170510074243.208|20170510074243.442|CC1|EXPLODED.
20170510074243.575|20170510074244.843|CC1|>> HE WAS NOT EXPECTING TO BE
20170510074244.977|20170510074245.143|CC1|FIRED.
20170510074245.277|20170510074247.012|CC1|IN FACT, THE FBI DIRECTOR TALKED