Keeping the Story Straight on Comey

On the Media | May 12, 2017

Since President Trump's surprising firing of FBI director James Comey on Tuesday, the media have been abuzz with questions of Trump's motives, comparisons to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, and speculation that this might herald Trump's downfall. But is Comey's firing the only reason we're reminded of the Nixon administration?

Bob examines the conflicting narratives put forward by Trump's surrogates as to why Comey was fired -- and makes an argument that, despite the media frenzy, there are no signs that this will be 'Trump's Watergate.'

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