03:45In explaining why President Trump fired Comey, the White House has leaned heavily on a Justice Department memo outlining criticism of Comey from a bipartisan set of former Justice Department officials. But one of the critics quoted in the memo – a former deputy attorney general under Republican President George H.W. Bush – has called the justification for Comey’s firing a “sham,” and said his legitimate criticisms of Comey had little to do with the real reason the FBI director was fired. The White House released the memo on Tuesday along with the president’s letter firing the FBI director. He confirmed the accuracy of his previous quotes to The Guardian, but declined to comment on what he believed the real reasons for Comey’s firing might be.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2017 22:04 UTC