{"id":1426,"date":"2017-06-08T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/08\/comey-enjoyed-broad-support-within-the-fbi-contrary-to-white-house-claims\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:27:00","slug":"comey-enjoyed-broad-support-within-the-fbi-contrary-to-white-house-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/comey-enjoyed-broad-support-within-the-fbi-contrary-to-white-house-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"COMEY ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT WITHIN THE FBI, CONTRARY TO WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Georgia;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{margin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#0563C1;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#954F72;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\nspan.EmailStyle17\n\t{mso-style-type:personal-compose;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\n\tcolor:windowtext;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/war_room2.png\" style=\"width: 617px; height: 125px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">FBI agents around the country were shocked and disheartened by Comey&rsquo;s firing:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/heres-what-current-and-former-fbi-officials-are-saying-about-comeys-firing\/\"><b>CBS News:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>&ldquo;<b>FBI agents at various field offices across the country expressed utter shock <\/b>over President Trump&#39;s abrupt firing&hellip;Another current FBI employee said Comey&#39;s firing was, <b>&lsquo;like we lost a member of our family.&rsquo;<\/b>&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-comey-idUSKBN1852MV\"><b>Reuters:<\/b><\/a> <i>&ldquo;<b>The firing came as a shock to FBI staff, nearly all of whom had confidence in Comey <\/b>despite the controversy surrounding his handling of the Clinton email situation, according to an FBI official who spoke on condition of anonymity.&rdquo;<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/09\/omey-firing-fbi-tears-238190\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> <i>&ldquo;<b>&lsquo;I&rsquo;m literally in tears right now. That&rsquo;s all I have to say,&rsquo;<\/b> said a longtime special agent who&rsquo;s known and worked with Comey for years.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">FBI officials including acting Director McCabe have contradicted the White House&rsquo;s claim that FBI agents &ldquo;lost faith&rdquo; in Director Comey:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/11\/andrew-mccabe-vow-report-interference-fbi-russia-238265\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;<b>&lsquo;Director Comey enjoyed broad support within the FBI and still does to this day,&rsquo;<\/b> McCabe said at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Current and former FBI agents claimed that Comey enjoyed overwhelming support within the rank and file of the FBI:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/10\/comey-firing-fbi-trump-238247\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>&ldquo;In interviews with POLITICO, the heads of the two associations representing current and retired FBI agents, analysts and other personnel said that<b>, Comey enjoys enormous support among the 35,000 people who worked for him<\/b>, and the many thousands of others who have retired or left the bureau.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/10\/comey-firing-fbi-trump-238247\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;&lsquo;<b>His support within the rank and file of the FBI is overwhelming,<\/b>&rsquo; said Thomas O&rsquo;Connor, a working FBI special agent who is president of the FBI Agents Association.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/heres-what-current-and-former-fbi-officials-are-saying-about-comeys-firing\/\"><b>CBS News:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>&ldquo;&rsquo;<b>The vast majority of the bureau is in favor of director Comey.&rsquo;<\/b> &lsquo;He is one of the first leaders to really care about our people and the institution,&rsquo; the special agent continued. &lsquo;He talks about ideals and he believes in those ideals; <b>he is the real deal.<\/b>&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/10\/comey-firing-fbi-trump-238247\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;&lsquo;People were upset about losing him, and how he was informed. That&rsquo;s <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">appalling to our membership. <b>He was a well-respected, well-liked director.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Current and former FBI agents reportedly felt disrespected by Trump&rsquo;s firing of Director Comey:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/09\/omey-firing-fbi-tears-238190\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;While the FBI has been polarized since the election, <b>Trump&rsquo;s decision will likely cause a<\/b> <b>&lsquo;significant amount of backlash&rsquo;<\/b> within the bureau&rsquo;s rank and file, said David Gomez, a former FBI agent who led the Seattle field office until his 2011 retirement&#8230;<b>&lsquo;It&rsquo;s a political thing that is going to, to use the vernacular, come back and bite him in the butt.<\/b>&rsquo;&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/05\/10\/comey-firing-fbi-trump-238247\"><b>Politico:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;<b>Comey&rsquo;s firing &lsquo;was described to me today by at least three agents as a gut punch to the organization,<\/b>&rsquo; said O&rsquo;Connor, a counterterrorism agent in the FBI&rsquo;s Washington, D.C., field office.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/may\/10\/fbi-agents-james-comey-trump-firing-response\"><b>The Guardian:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;<b>&lsquo;I myself, and I would speak for a lot of agents, feel very disrespected<\/b> by the administration and how this was handled,&rsquo; he told the Guardian. Other former agents said the way Comey was fired was an &lsquo;outrage&rsquo; and said that the <b>Trump administration&rsquo;s approach &lsquo;besmirches the reputation of the FBI&rsquo;.&rdquo;<\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Current and former FBI agents alleged that Comey was fired because of his involvement in the Russia investigations:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/heres-what-current-and-former-fbi-officials-are-saying-about-comeys-firing\/\"><b>CBS News:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>&ldquo;<b>&lsquo;I think he got rid of him because of the Russian investigation,&rsquo; <\/b>one FBI agent told CBS News. &lsquo;They are trying to circle the wagons,&rsquo; said the agent, adding Mr. Trump &lsquo;wants his own man on there.&rsquo;&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-comey-idUSKBN1852MV\"><b>Reuters:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>&ldquo;&lsquo;Trump praised him for the work on the email investigation, so that&rsquo;s not it,&rsquo; said Austin Berglas, a former FBI supervisory agent on hacking cases. <b>&lsquo;I think he realized the extent of the Russia investigation under way and moved him out.<\/b> To me, that&rsquo;s the only logical explanation right now.&rsquo;&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/may\/10\/fbi-agents-james-comey-trump-firing-response\"><b>The Guardian:<\/b><\/a> &ldquo;&lsquo;I think it&rsquo;s going to have a significant chilling effect,&rsquo; said Michael Tabman, a former FBI agent who retired in 2007 and frequently comments in the media. <b>&lsquo;I believe this was a warning shot by the president to anybody who gets too close to the investigation.<\/b>&rsquo;&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-comey-idUSKBN1852MV\"><b>Reuters:<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b><i>&ldquo;The official said there was<b> concern among agents that the firing was a political act related to the Russian investigation.&rdquo;<\/b><\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI agents around the country were shocked and disheartened by Comey&rsquo;s firing: &nbsp; CBS News: &ldquo;FBI agents at various field offices across the country expressed utter shock over President Trump&#39;s abrupt firing&hellip;Another current FBI employee said Comey&#39;s firing was, &lsquo;like we lost a member of our family.&rsquo;&rdquo; &nbsp; Reuters: &ldquo;The firing came as a shock <\/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-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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