President Trump’s criticism of Comey was most convincing when he called Comey a “showboat”. Rosenstein’s memo was written under suspicious circumstances: President Trump made his decision to fire Comey first and later asked Rosenstein to write the memo to justify the decision. Rosenstein goes on to criticize Comey’s decision to inform Congress (and thereby the public) when the investigation was re-opened in late October 2016. Comey is said to have made his decision to write the October letter to Congress after consultation with senior FBI management. The FBI appreciates Comey for his principled leadership and commitment to the institution, but I expect they wish he had not gotten them into political quicksand by going too far.

Source: Forbes May 25, 2017 09:56 UTC