Man, Schumer is NOT waiting one bit to ramp up the accusations against Presidente Trumpo.
He’s straight up accusing him of doing this to stop the Russian investigation:
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Russian probe: "Were these investigations getting too close to home for the President?" https://t.co/xiwdEI0BuK
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2017
He says trust in the justice system is shattered and there needs to be a special prosecutor.
Schumer: Trust in the criminal justice system is going to be "badly shattered after the administration's actions" https://t.co/JTD1dcSHgv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2017
“This does not seem to be a coincidence.”
Schumer on Comey firing: "This is part of a deeply troubling pattern" https://t.co/MzAr1PUKY1
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2017
He says he told Trump he was making a big mistake.
After learning of Pres. Trump's plan to fire Comey, Schumer says he told the president "you're making a big mistake" https://t.co/NuypaFT0mK pic.twitter.com/CLfRP87wN3
— ABC News (@ABC) May 9, 2017
He says the investigation must be run away from the influence of the White House:
Schumer: The Russia investigation "must be run as far away as possible from this White House" https://t.co/YwcSma3SOS
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2017
I was going to say that this isn’t that unusual since the FBI Director works beneath the president, but Dana Perino just said this was only the second time in history that a U.S. president has fired an FBI director. The first was Richard Nixon…