Prez Trump fires FBI director Comey based on “clear recommendation” of Deputy AG Rosenstein and AG Sessions … and … therefore

Because I have never worked inside the Beltway or for any part of the Justice Department, I feel that I lack any kind of special expertise to have any special perspectives on the surprising decision by Prez Trump to terminate and remove from office FBI Director Jim Comey “based on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.” But I do think it useful for everyone to read these materials coming from the White House in order to understand how the decision is being justified.

Bill Otis has long worked inside the Beltways and in various parts of the Justice Department, and he has praised Comey and Sessions and Rosenstein in the past, and he now has at Crime & Consequences this initial take on the Comey firing.  I would love to hear additional perspectives from folks with or without expertise on this matters.