Pelosi Statement on President Trump Firing FBI Director Comey

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey:

"The President's sudden and brazen firing of the FBI Director raises the ghosts of some of the worst Executive Branch abuses.  We cannot stand by and watch a coverup of the possible collusion with a hostile foreign power to undermine American democracy. 

"The interests of justice demand Congress act immediately to create an independent, bipartisan commission to pursue the Trump-Russia investigation free from the Administration's attempts to silence it."