1. When presidents attack
Asked why he fired FBI director James Comey, Donald Trump said, “He wasn’t doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job.” On Tuesday, the administration accused Comey of mishandling the Hillary Clinton emails inquiry.
‘A stick of dynamite’
Trump spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Comey “took a stick of dynamite and threw it in the Department of Justice”. She denied that Comey’s firing was linked to the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign – an investigation that appeared to be growing.
Summary
The White House view of Comey’s competence appeared to be at odds with the prevailing Washington view, including the view inside the FBI, where agents were reported to be angered and disturbed at the firing.
2. McConnell opposes prosecutor
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell opposed appointing a special prosecutor to conduct an investigation of ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, despite expressions of concern by Republican colleagues about the “timing” of Comey’s firing.
3. Comey sought to expand Russia inquiry
It emerged that Comey had requested additional resources to conduct his investigation, the justice department confirmed, and that a grand jury had issued subpoenas to associates of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
4. Trump meets with Russia
Bizarrely falling on a day of spiking concerns that the president might be seeking to derail an investigation of his associates, both the Russian foreign minister and Russian ambassador met with Trump in the Oval Office. Plus Henry Kissinger.
Russia enters White House, toys with US media
Heere’s Henry
Pool brought into the Oval. It's Trump and ... Kissinger. pic.twitter.com/1F1CPO4kQw
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 10, 2017
6. Putin: ‘We had nothing to do with it’
Our @elizapalmer caught Russian Pres. Putin rink side and asked him about the firing of former. Dir. Comey. pic.twitter.com/3nytJYi0si
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 10, 2017
7. Spicer (literally) hides in the bushes
No one writes scenes like @wpjenna, but this is insane. https://t.co/lGFViQJXAr pic.twitter.com/cUIREoN6WG
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) May 10, 2017
Summary
EXCLUSIVE: Footage of #SeanSpicer in the bushes @ShaunKing pic.twitter.com/SSO0CExYrl
— Bryan Kremkau (@bryankremkau) May 10, 2017
8. Progressives' reaction off-script
Tonight! Stephen reacts to the day's big surprise: the firing of James Comey by President Trump. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/axuUmFLtSd
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) May 10, 2017
9. DeVos booed at commencement
In other news, Betsy DeVos was booed while giving commencement speech in Florida https://t.co/5Qv1tIa6Ze
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) May 10, 2017
...and another thing:
And then I told him, "You're fired!" pic.twitter.com/piB1rBZCp4
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 10, 2017
...and another thing:
Quinnipiac asked people what word first came to mind when they thought about Trump. https://t.co/ks0UauOs9O pic.twitter.com/HQ3bYWhD16
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 10, 2017
