President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday evening, just a day before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was set to meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Trump himself in the White House. Those meetings are likely to come under even more scrutiny from Democrats, many of whom are worried that Comey’s firing puts at risk a fair investigation into what they say are Trump’s close ties to Russia. Late Tuesday, the White House said Trump would also meet with Lavrov in the White House. That rare meeting of a foreign minister at the White House is set for the same day that the State Department said Tillerson and Lavrov would meet to discuss “Ukraine, Syria, and bilateral issues.” “On Ukraine, the sides will discuss the need to stop the violence in eastern Ukraine and resolve the conflict through the full implementation of the Minsk agreements,” the department said. “On Syria, the secretary intends to discuss efforts to de-escalate violence, provide humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people, and set the stage for a political settlement of the conflict.” Democrats were warning that Comey’s firing was worrying, and that Congress must create a special counsel to assess Trump’s ties to Russia. Democrats believe Trump colluded with Russia in an effort to defeat Hillary Clinton in last year’s election. However, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate on Monday that there was still no evidence of this collusion. Many Republicans say there is no evidence, and that Democrats are using Russia to attack Trump in the wake of Clinton’s defeat. The post James Comey Fired One Day Before US-Russia Meetings appeared first on Gigacycle Computer Recycling News. from https://news.gigacycle.co.uk/james-comey-fired-one-day-before-us-russia-meetings/
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