[Infowarrior] - Dep AG threatend to quit Tues night

[Richard Forno]

DOJ official who recommended Comey's firing threatened to resign: report

By Mallory Shelbourne - 05/11/17 07:15 AM EDT 15

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332886-official-who-recommended-comey-firing-offered-to-resign-amid-uproar

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to quit after the White House cast his recommendation as the sole reason FBI Director James Comey was fired, according to The Washington Post.

Rosenstein in his recommendation to President Trump cited Comey’s handling of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private server as a reason for Comey's dismissal.

Trump had asked Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put in writing a rationale for firing the former FBI director, the Post reported.

The Trump administration has provided several explanations for Comey’s firing since Tuesday. Trump said Wednesday that Comey was not “doing a good job,” while White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Comey had committed “atrocities” while leading the bureau. 

Trump on Tuesday fired Comey, saying  it was time for “a new beginning” at the FBI.

“While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to lead the bureau,” Trump wrote in the letter.