Unic Press UK: In a series of tweets, the United States president Donald Trump confirmed that he is under federal investigation. He said:
I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2017
Given this tweet by Trump, it is apparent that the special counsel for the Russia inquiry, Robert Mueller, is perusing documents relating to the events that led to the sack of James Comey as FBI Director.
Earlier in the week, one of America’s media, the Washington Post, published an article, saying that President Donald Trump was under federal investigation for obstruction of justice, sacking of James Comey as the FBI Director. The sack of the FBI Director was announced on May 09, 2017, in a press release from the Office of the Press Secretary. A part of the press release reads:
“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.
In February 2017, before James Comey was sacked as the FBI Director, President Donald Trump had called into question the competence of the FBI leadership. He said:
The FBI is totally unable to stop the national security "leakers" that have permeated our government for a long time. They can't even……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2017
