The appointment of a successor to Mr. Comey could touch off a furious fight since anyone Mr. Trump would choose would automatically come under suspicion. Sessions, he had left little doubt about his personal feelings toward Mr. Comey or the Russia investigation in recent days. Joining Mr. Mueller in that threat, as it happened, was a deputy attorney general named James Comey. Mr. Bush ultimately revised the legal justification in a way that passed muster with Mr. Mueller and Mr. Comey and allowed the surveillance to go forward. “With or without Mr. Comey, the F.B.I.

Source: New York Times May 09, 2017 23:23 UTC