Former FBI director James Comey asked the Justice Department for "a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau's investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election" right before Trump fired him, reports the New York Times. That would sure explain a lot about why Trump suddenly delivered the surprise sacking yesterday.
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Mr. Comey asked for the resources during a meeting last week with Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who wrote the Justice Department's memo that was used to justify the firing of the F.B.I. director this week.
Mr. Comey then briefed members of Congress on the meeting in recent days.
[via AllMattNYT]
