The head of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday called President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey “a brazen and disgraceful abuse of power.”
“The fact that the leadership of the Justice Department was complicit in manufacturing this joke of a rationale for Comey’s dismissal at the request of Trump is further evidence that nobody in this Administration can be trusted to lead an honest investigation into a serious national security issue,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement - alluding to the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign and meddling in the 2016 election.
Mr. Trump said he wanted to “restore public trust and confidence” in the agency and said he was heeding the advice of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Mr. Perez said the move demanded a reboot of the Russia probe.
“It is time for leaders in both parties to come together and call for the appointment of a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice and an independent commission to conduct the kind of investigation that the American people deserve,” Mr. Perez said.
• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.
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