Former FBI Director James Comey told his staff “it is done and I will be fine” after being sacked by Donald Trump.
Comey has yet to comment publicly on his dismissal, but CNN obtained a copy of a farewell letter he issued to staff.
It read:
“I have long believed that a President can fire an FBI Director for any reason, or for no reason at all.”I’m not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won’t either.”It is done, and I will be fine, although I will miss you and the mission deeply.””I have said to you before that, in times of turbulence, the American people should see the FBI as a rock of competence, honesty, and independence.
“What makes leaving the FBI hard is the nature and quality of its people, who together make it that rock for America.It is very hard to leave a group of people who are committed only to doing the right thing.
“My hope is that you will continue to live our values and the mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.
“If you do that, you too will be sad when you leave, and the American people will be safer.”
President Trump said the decision to sack Comey had been based on “clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”