( CNN) President Trump fell a bombshell Tuesday with the proclamation that he had fired FBI Director James Comey — just days after Comey witnessed before the Senate Judiciary Committee about , among other things, the bureau's investigation into Russian meddling in the election that propelled Trump to the presidency.
Trump has stunned the political world once again by issuing the orders to remove one of the most important figures in this entire investigation.
Ironically, the announcement comes at a time when former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been telling audiences that Comey was a key factor behind her loss in November. His infamous announcement in late October that the FBI was looking into new emails resuscitated the specter of the earlier probe into Clinton's emails just before voters went to the polls. Many experts agree that the announcement cost her phases with voters.
