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8:50 AM ET, May 10, 2017

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia  —  President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week.  When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey.  He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver …
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CNN:
CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday.  —  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me …
New York Times:
Updates and Reactions to F.B.I. Director Comey's Firing  —  President Trump has fired James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Comey was delivering a speech in Los Angeles when he learned he had been fired.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Former Top Official Cited In The DOJ's Comey Memo Calls Firing A “Sham”  —  Donald Ayer, who served as the deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, told BuzzFeed News that Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation was being used to justify his firing “for a very different reason.”
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late Tuesday night and then disappeared into the shadows, huddling with his staff behind a tall hedge.
Discussion: Political Wire and Gizmodo
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Key to Keeping Trump-Russia Inquiry Alive: 3 Republicans  —  To force Trump's hand on investigating Russia, all it takes is 3 of the 52 Senate Republicans to work with the 48 Democrats.  —  As I write, we don't really have any idea why Donald Trump decided to fire FBI Director James Comey …
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP baffled by timing; WH braces for independent probe  —  In a swirl of sobering questions about the Constitution and the rule of law, many Republicans are asking simply: Why now?  Why?!  —  Republicans around town, and even some White House officials, tell me they're baffled …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why James Comey had to go  —  MORE FROM: … A curious belief in some circles of journalism holds that if both sides are equally unhappy with your story, you've done a good job.  I never subscribed to that approach, and thankfully, President Trump didn't when it came to the performance of James Comey.
Wall Street Journal:
Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House  —  In the months before James Comey's dismissal, frustration was growing among top associates of President Donald Trump that the FBI director wouldn't publicly tamp down questions about possible collusion with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race.
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON DISMISSAL OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey:  —  “While the President has the legal authority to remove the Director of the FBI …
Bwittes / Lawfare:
The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him  —  FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Clinton email investigation / CSPAN  —  Make no mistake: The firing of James Comey as FBI director is a stunning event.
Politico:
Is This a Constitutional Crisis?  —  As the news broke late this afternoon, the politicos of Washington stared into their smartphones, stunned, struggling with what to make of it.  TV networks cut into their regularly scheduled programming.  Chyrons promising “breaking news” actually delivered it …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey  —  Let me add a few more thoughts on the events of the evening.  —  There is a glorious swirl of irony, disingenuousness and bad faith in the vortex of opinions about James Comey and the notional rationale for firing him.
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's credibility on the line with Comey's ouster
Discussion: Politico
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Giuliani Says He's Not a Candidate for FBI Director
Discussion: Political Wire
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Comey's Firing Is a Crisis of American Rule of Law
Dan Merica / CNN:   Who is Keith Schiller, the man Trump sent to fire Comey?
Los Angeles Times:   Editorial Absolutely nothing about James Comey's firing passes the smell test
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   After Comey's ouster, Democrats press for independent probe of Russia's meddling in election
Washington Post:
Trump to sit down with Russian foreign minister, one day after firing Comey
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Grabien News RSS:
10 Major FBI Scandals on Comey's Watch
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
There's no reason to believe Donald Trump's rationale for firing James Comey
Washington Post:
Comey firing: Reaction from members of Congress on FBI director's dismissal
James Comey / ABC News:
FBI Director Comey fired amid Russia probe
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
TRUMP FIRES FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Flashback: Trump praised Comey for Clinton actions in October
Discussion: RedState and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Examiner:
GOP senators must demand an independent FBI director
Discussion: Hit & Run
Daily Mail:   BREAKING NEWS: Trump FIRES FBI Director James Comey after he misled the Senate on Huma Abedin's emails
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump Hires Law Firm to Fight Suggestions of Russia Business Ties  —  President Donald Trump has hired a Washington law firm to send a letter to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee saying he has no connections to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
Discussion: NBC News and USA Today
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey Dismissal Upends Probes of Trump Campaign Ties to Russia  —  President Donald Trump's decision to fire the head of the FBI in the midst of the bureau's probe into possible links between his presidential campaign and Russia added impetus to calls for a special counsel to handle the case.
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count  —  The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for the 2020 decennial count of the U.S. population and beyond.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, The Hill and NPR
 
 
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Sessions weighs return to harsher punishments for low-level drug crimes
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Atlantic
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Hatch: ‘The public wants every dime they can be given’
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Trump team marks 6-month election anniversary by vowing to air video of Clinton campaign's concession call