Someone leaked names to the press, and Comey refused to go after them.
And he continued to drop broad hints about investigating Trump and his supposed Russian connections. He had to go.
“Someone leaked names to the press, and Comey refused to go after them.”
He was exercising his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Absolutely! Comey was holding a Russian investigation over Trump’s head.
Lately all I heard from both parties was that they would never find the unmaskers and the leakers. This was stupid. There are not that many people who could have unmasked and/or leaked the info. It needed investigating. It seemed like this was going to get covered up by DEMs and REPs.
There is usually a published reason for a firing and a final straw that broke the camels back.
Comey failed his double secret probation.