NYDailyNews – New York’s Congressional reps slammed President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, and called for a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign.
“The President of the United States is a dangerous con artist,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn), who gathered with other Democrats in the city’s Congressional delegation at Foley Square Wednesday to denounce the firing.
“His actions threaten the very fabric of our democracy. We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis the likes of which have not been seen in this country since Richard Nixon and Watergate,” he said.
Evidence of Trump’s effort to obstruct justice continues to emerge. Lock HIM up? https://t.co/YwsHaNzKlW
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) May 12, 2017
The pols rejected the stated reasoning for the termination, a letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein alleging that Comey mishandled the probe into Hillary Clinton’s email use, and charged Trump was instead trying to undermine the Russia investigation.
