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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1015088)	5/10/2017 4:09:21 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577483

The New York Times is reporting that White House officials had been working on firing Comey for days and had instructed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to come up with a pretext for doing so. That the administration chose a pretext so obviously pretextual is just a screw-you to anyone who expects them to offer an explanation other than that they wish to shut down investigations that are inconvenient to the White House and prioritize a leak-hunt instead. The tell is right in the second paragraph of the president's letter firing Comey: "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 effectively lead the Bureau."