TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 10, 2017
Bush-era U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said today that the firing of FBI Director James Comey was “disappointing,” the Tennessean reports. Gonzales specifically criticized the way the Trump administration chose to make the move, in which Comey reportedly heard about his own dismissal from television. While agreeing that Comey’s handling of the investigation of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “inconsistent with Department of Justice policies,” he questioned the timing of Comey’s ouster, which occurred while an investigation into administration ties to Russian government agents was still ongoing.