Jeffrey Toobin, a Senior Legal Analyst, dropped some knowledge on CNN moments after news broke that Donald Trump fired FBI Director, James Comey.
After Trump revealed in a statement that he fired Comey because he “disapproved” of the way the FBI director handled the Clinton investigation last year, Toobin was asked to comment on a video showing the same Donald Trump, praising Comey for the way he handled the Clinton email investigation last year.
In the video, Trump is seen and heard at a campaign ralley in Grand Rapids Michigan, saying that Comey’s decision to re-open the investigation into Hillary’s email server just days before the presidential election, “took gut!” Trump said in the video that Comey “brought back his reputation” with that decision and the video ended with Trump saying that Comey “did the right thing.”
The amused Toobin replied;
“Keep in mind that what then candidate Trump was describing in that speech is now a firing offense in president Trump’s mind. I mean could anyone believe that? It’s just ridiculous. It is now even barely credible that the candidate Trump could be praising Director Comey for something that he is now being fired for.”
Toobin concluded that the FBI director “was not fired for something he did eight months ago.” It should be note that the now former FBI director was leading an investigation against Trump’s campaign and possible collusion with Russia.
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