During a discussion on the decision of FBI Director Christopher Wray to step down from his job before Donald Trump retakes the reins of the government, a former official in Trump's first administration recalled when Trump fired ex-Director James Comey and it blew up in his face.
Speaking to the panel, former White House Communications Director Mike Dubke explained that when Trump got rid of Comey he felt that Democrats, still angry at Comey for giving Trump's first campaign a boost with his investigation comments about Hillary Clinton, would be pleased.
That did not turn out to be the case and it came back to haunt the now-president-elect.
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As the conversation turned to both Republicans and Democrats having concerns about the FBI, Dubke interjected, "I will add this from my time in the White House, it was during the Comey firing that the pure power politics of that firing really came home for Trump because he thought when he was moving forward with this, that [Sen. Chuick] Schumer and [Rep. Nancy] Pelosi, because of what Clinton said and and the views of Democrats about the election in 2016, he thought they'd applaud this."
"When he made those calls and they turned that around and made this all about Russia and made this all about pure power politics, that, I think, was an eye-opening episode for the president," he added.
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