Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the firing of FBI Director James Comey "is a tremendous loss for the FBI and the nation," in a statement on CNN Tuesday.
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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper calls Comey's firing 'a tremendous loss'
The former Director of National Intelligence has "immense respect and admiration" for Comey.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: "Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States."
"I have immense respect and admiration for Jim Comey," Clapper added.
Clapper testified Monday in front of the
In a letter sent to Comey, Trump said he accepted the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and . His termination is effective immediately.
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"While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau," Trump wrote. "It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission."
Rosenstein, in his letter to Sessions, pointed to Comey's July 2016 public announcement of his recommendation regarding the investigation into then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state. The deputy attorney general said Comey was "wrong to usurp the attorney general's authority" by going public with the FBI's recommendation to not bring charges forth against Clinton for her use of the server.
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