Sorry, but the horizontal scrolling kills me.

  Dear Director Comey:

  I have received the attached letters from
  the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General
  of the United States recommending your dismissal
  as the Director of the Federal Bureau of
  Investigation. I have accepted their
  recommendation and you are hereby terminated and
  removed from office, effective immediately.

  While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on
  three separate occasions, that I am not under
  investigation, I nevertheless concur with the
  judgment of the Department of Justice that you
  are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.

  It it essential that we find new leadership for
  the FBI that restores public trust and confidence
  in its vital law enforcement mission.

  I wish you the best of luck in your future
  endeavors.

Oh, wow, so this is where they are going. Call me cynical, but it sounds like a distraction tactic from the current investigation into Trump's campaign ties to Russian interests.

EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens.

> EDIT: adding to that thought, Trump's team had to add "although you've informed me that there's no investigation"... while Comey himself has said in public hearings there are investigations. Wow, this stinks to high heavens.

He actually said "... that I am not under investigation...", quite different, so it doesn't actually contradict anything Comey said in the hearings.

Trump just couldn't help but include it. He has no shame.

This man cannot help making everything about him. If it was anyone else it would elicit a rueful shake of my head and a comment about a gross display of childishness and saying Na Na Na Na to the bullied kid. But as it comes from the president of the United States, it's terrifying.

Well, he is a narcissist, so everything is about him, right?

We're so concerned that Comey might have messed up the election that we won, a victory that we remind people of at every available opportunity. Bad James Comey! Very naughty!

It's linked in the sidebar on the NYT article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-f... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/09/us/politics/d...

Honestly, I was hoping the Trump letter at least was satire.