After persistent prodding by senior adviser Valerie
Jarrett to remove James Comey from his job as director of the FBI,
President Obama has agreed the time has come to fire America's top
cop.
Axar.az reports referring to DailyMail.
According to a White House source familiar with Obama's
decision, Jarrett and the president held lengthy discussions over
the past several days about the political and legal ramifications
of firing the FBI director.
The president was furious with Comey for reopening the FBI's
investigation of Hillary's emails 11 days before the election, then
admitting two days before the election that he couldn't find any
cause for taking action against the Democratic nominee.
But the president was reluctant to move against Comey for fear
that it would open him to charges of obstruction of justice.
However, according to the White House source, Jarrett convinced
the president that it was within his power to remove the FBI
director for his ill-conceived and erratic interference in the
presidential election.
She also argued that there would be bipartisan support in
Congress for such a move against Comey, who has alienated both
Democrats and Republicans
After the White House legal counsel agreed with Jarrett, Obama
ordered his top advisers to draw up a plan for getting rid of the
troublesome FBi director.
It has yet to be decided who will wield the hatchet—the
president, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, or someone else—and
exactly when Comey will be forced to go. So far, the only firm
decision is that Comey will not be fired until after the
election.
Other sources within the FBI report that Comey may be gone
before the president has a chance to act.
According to these sources, there is a mounting consensus in the
FBI that Comey has inflicted permanent damage on the institution
and that he no longer has the confidence of his staff.
According to these sources, Comey has lost the good will of his
agents and some of his deputies, and more and more of them are
clamoring for his resignation.
'I met with friends from the FBI and Justice,' said a retired
Justice Department official, 'and they were all in agreement that
Comey's jerky decisions—opening the case against Hillary without
definite cause, then closing it without consulting with his top
deputies—was flabbergasting and deeply disturbing for career law
enforcement and prosecutors.
'Whatever support and goodwill Jim had until recently has been
destroyed,' this source continued. 'He has injured the bureau and
it will take a miracle for him to survive this.'
DailyMail.com reached out to the White House for comment. A
spokesperson said, 'I will look into this.'