Trump firing letter to Comey, he again mentions his investigation... this is driven by it

[MyNameIsKhan]

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[GreenEyedLefty]

1. How bizarre.

Trump just can't stop himself, can he?

[MyNameIsKhan]

5. Some curse MAy you live though interesting times

[Glimmer of Hope]

2. Are the AG letters public?

[procon]

3. Its the only thing Trump mentions.

Trump just painted himself into a corner and the investigation now becomes the major focus.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Ok, this is HUGE detail.

Anyone in the media who doesn't focus on this point is derelict of duty.

[MyNameIsKhan]

8. Agreed...

[herding cats]

6. This is surreal.

And terrifying.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. "I'm not a crook!"

[tallahasseedem]

9. A lot of people on MSNBC saying this is

BAD for Trump. But really, who the hell knows?

[MyNameIsKhan]

10. For sure he was on look out for one Comey mistake

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. The Saturday Night Massacre was very bad for Nixon.

It was about the worst thing he could have done, and it made him look guiltier than ever. Remember, one of the crimes the Nixon administration officials were charged with was obstruction of justice, and Nixon himself was named by the grand jury as an "unindicted co-conspirator." He couldn't be charged with a crime as a sitting president, but he sure as hell was about to be impeached. Likewise, I think firing Comey on such flimsy grounds was a very bad move on Trump's part and it will eventually bite him on the ass.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I think he just admitted that he fired Comey because the FBI

is investigating his connections to and possible collusion with Russia. It's looking very Nixonian. Here's an excerpt from the WaPo story that came out the day after the Saturday Night Massacre:

These dramatic developments were announced at the White House at 8:25 p.m. after Cox had refused to accept or comply with the terms of an agreement worked out by the President and the Senate Watergate committee under which summarized material from the White House Watergate tapes would be turned over to Cox and the Senate committee.

In announcing the plan Friday night, the President ordered Cox to make no further effort to obtain tapes or other presidential documents.

Cox responded that he could not comply with the President's instructions and elaborated on his refusal and vowed to pursue the tape recordings at a televised news conference yesterday.

That set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the departure of Cox and the two top officials of the Justice Department and immediately raised prospects that the President himself might be impeached or forced to resign.

Much more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/102173-2.htm

[MyNameIsKhan]

12. This is all going our to dumps... cheeto is going to crash and burn