The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Sessions, who was fired by President Bill Clinton in 1993 after being accused of tax evasion.) President Trump fired Comey in May, making Comey just the second FBI director ever to be dismissed by the President. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the head of the United States Department of Justice, recused himself from any investigation into the PresidentвЂ™s campaign amid questions over his contact with the Russian ambassador in 2016. In March, FBI director James Comey announced that the FBI was investigating election hacks and links between the Trump campaign and Russia. RussiaвЂ™s election meddling: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported in January 2017 that the Russian government had ordered an influence campaign aimed at the 2016 U.S. (Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Fired FBI director James Comey being sworn into a crucial Senate hearing, repeating explosive allegations that President Donald Trump badgered him over the highly sensitive investigation Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

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