In response to the firing of FBI Director James Comey, DNC Chairman Tom Perez released this statement:<\/p>\n
“Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey is a brazen and disgraceful abuse of power. The fact that the leadership of the Justice Department was complicit in manufacturing this joke of a rationale for Comey’s dismissal at the request of Trump is further evidence that nobody in this Administration can be trusted to lead an honest investigation into a serious national security issue. It is time for leaders in both parties to come together and call for the appointment of a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice and an independent commission to conduct the kind of investigation that the American people deserve.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In response to the firing of FBI Director James Comey, DNC Chairman Tom Perez released this statement: “Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey is a brazen and disgraceful abuse of power. The fact that the leadership of the Justice Department was complicit in manufacturing this joke of a rationale for Comey’s dismissal at the request <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n