AP — The Senate Republican leading the investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign says he’s “troubled by the timing and reasoning” behind President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Sen. Richard Burr, who chairs the Intelligence committee, said he found Comey to a public servant of the highest order, and his dismissal “further confuses an already difficult investigation” by his panel.
Burr said Comey was the most forthcoming with information of any FBI director that Burr could recall.
The North Carolina senator called Comey’s firing “a loss for the bureau and the nation.”
