Schumer on Trump Firing Comey: ‘You’re Making a Big Mistake’

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SCHUMER: "Earlier this afternoon, President Trump called me and informed me he was firing Director Comey. I told the president, Mr. President, with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. The first question the administration has to answer is why now. If the administration had objections to the way director Comey handled the Clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute the president got into office. But they did not fire him then. Why did it happen today? We know the house is investigating Russian interference in our elections that benefited the trump campaign. We know the Senate is investigating. We know the FBI has been looking into whether the truck campaign colluded --Trump campaign colluded with the Russians, a very serious offense. Wayne investigations getting too close to home for the president? It is troubling that attorney general sessions, who recused himself from the Russian investigation played a role in firing the man leading it."