Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation [View all]

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He asked the newly sainted Rod Rosenstein to expand the investigation. St. Rod then wrote a memo justifying his firing. What a coincidence. -Joe Scarborough

Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation

WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the presidential election, according to three officials with knowledge of his request.

Mr. Comey asked for the resources during a meeting last week with Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who wrote the Justice Department’s memo that was used to justify the firing of the F.B.I. director this week.

Mr. Comey then briefed members of Congress on the meeting in recent days.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/comey-russia-investigation-fbi.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

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