James Comey was officially fired from his job as FBI director on Tuesday, but, according to Newsweek, he will likely continue to be comfortable financially.
James Comey was fired from his job as FBI director on Tuesday, but, according to Newsweek, he will likely continue to be comfortable financially.
According to CNN, during his Senate confirmation process in 2013, Comey had reported his net worth as $11 million, a figure which did not including an impending $3 million payout from Bridgewater Associates, an investment company where he had previously worked as general counsel.
Meanwhile, he had reportedly been earning a salary of $185,000 a year with the FBI.
On Tuesday, the White House released a statement about his dismissal that said, in part, “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. President Trump acted based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”
However, Politico is reporting that the president had been thinking about letting Comey go for several days, but he finally made the decision, insiders have said, because “He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation...frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia.”
Senator Richard J. Durbin, a Democrat, told the New York Times, “I think the Comey operation was breathing down the neck of the Trump campaign and their operatives, and this was an effort to slow down the investigation.”
But the president has tried to deflect such speculation, tweeting early Wednesday morning, “Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me!”
