Basically, there could have been a much more compelling case for firing Comey that was laid out by the Justice Department.
The board demanded his resignation, and if ever there was a case for firing someone for cause, this would seem to be it.
This unhappy twitchiness persisted through the evening, as Kerry, the former prosecutor, laid out with cool composure the case for firing Bush, and established his own credibility as a Presidential replacement.
Rosenstein had little public profile until May 2017, when he was asked to lay out a case for firing Comey.
In May 2017, Trump asked Rosenstein and Sessions to lay out a case for firing Comey, who was then heading the Russia investigation.
Ultimately, the decision to appoint a special prosecutor in the Trump-Russia investigation falls to one man: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the man who wrote the memo laying out the case for firing Comey.
"The wanted target in this case was responsible for firing dozens of rockets into Israel," he added.
Special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating if the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, also is looking into a possible obstruction of justice case against Trump for firing Comey last May.
It is unclear what stories Trump is referring to here, but mainstream news organizations do not publish articles with "no sources" and certainly do not "make them up in most cases". That is grounds for firing.
And while anonymous sources are fine for suggesting the presence of smoke, they don't cinch the case for fire.
