Angus King: Comey Firing ‘Dangerous Stuff’ and ‘Undermines’ Confidence in the Rule of Law

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KING: "As you know, under the law, but I don't know if it rises to the level of restoring public confidence in about this process particularly since he has his fingerprints on this deal. He wrote the memo that was used by the attorney general and the president to justify the firing. So I would much prefer some kind of special prosecutor. But that requires an act of Congress which is pretty difficult thing to do around here. But I think as people absorb this and the implications of it, we may be able to move something, but some limited -- and then of course that raises the question the president has to sign an act of Congress. But, you know, this is -- this is very dangerous stuff. This is -- this is the kind of thing that undermines people's confidence in our rule of law and the democracy of this country. And we have to get to the bottom of it and we've got to find some alternative that we can have somebody that has the credibility to pursue the investigation without fear or favor, and get to the facts wherever they lead."