WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James B. Comey, who has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans since the presidential election. “The president has accepted the recommendation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general regarding the dismissal of the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” press secretary Sean Spicer told…
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– Following President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc Jewish Action, released the following statement:
“While the precise reasons for FBI Director James Comey’s firing remain unclear, what is crystal clear is President Trump’s deep disregard for America’s institutions and the traditions of a democracy that is accountable to its people. The lack of explanation for the firing and the lack of clarity on what will happen to the ongoing investigations surrounding the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia are deeply disturbing. While more details may emerge over time, this currently appears to be another ominous sign that Trump behaves like an autocrat seeking to eliminate all accountability and opposition. That is alarming to American Jews, who have a deep and painful history with autocratic regimes.
“These actions by Trump and his administration, stocked with radical authoritarians and champions of white nationalism like Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka, are completely out of step with democratic values and are of grave concern to American Jews.”
SAN DIEGO – Today, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s firing of F.B.I. Director James Comey:
“Firing law enforcement officers who may be investigating you or your associates and then appointing their replacements is something that happens in dictatorships – not in the United States of America. This move from the President is breathtaking in its brazen disregard for the independence of our justice system. Republican members of Congress who fail to stand up against this are complicit in this assault on our democracy.
“The founding fathers made Congress a check on the power of the Presidency. That check only functions when it is used without regard for political party. Congress – Democrats and Republicans – must stand up in a bipartisan defense of our institutions and insist that a special prosecutor be appointed before confirming a new director.
“Never before has it been clearer that the integrity of our democracy depends on an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in our election and a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice to follow an investigation to wherever – and whomever – it leads. Anyone who stands in the way of an independent investigation denies the American people the answers they deserve.”