A House Republican's line of questioning uncovered revelations that in May 2017 senior FBI leadership debated whether President Trump was directed by the Russian government to fire FBI Director James Comey, Fox News has learned. "(I)n May 2017, political bias infected senior FBI leadership, and emotion -- not evidence -- drove their decision making." "FBI senior leadership could not accept Comey was fired for cause and the president had the constitutional authority to terminate Comey." It is also significant because the investigation had run for 10 months and included a surveillance warrant on a trump campaign aide. Ratcliffe said he was aware of the Baker revelations in October, and House Republicans had been working through proper channels to make the entire transcript public.

Source: Fox News January 13, 2019 14:54 UTC