Deep State by James B. Stewart

Author:James B. Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

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TRUMP WAS STILL fuming the next day. He complained repeatedly to Steve Bannon that Comey had “told me three times I’m not under investigation. He’s a showboater. He’s a grandstander. I don’t know any Russians. There was no collusion.”

Bannon warned Trump that it was too late to fire Comey. “That ship had sailed,” Bannon said. And in any event, it wouldn’t do any good. The president could fire the FBI director, but he couldn’t fire the FBI.

That afternoon, Comey met with Rosenstein at the Justice Department, at Rosenstein’s request, and gave him some advice about his new job, because Comey had served in the same capacity. Among other topics, Comey urged him to make sure he got enough sleep and exercise. Rosenstein didn’t say anything about Trump, but Comey, alluding to Trump’s penchant for one-on-one contacts, said that “one of your folks is going to have to straighten out the relationship between the White House and Department of Justice.”

Rosenstein thanked him profusely for the advice. He didn’t give any hint that trouble might be brewing at the White House.

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