White House Spox: Firing Of Comey Was “Absolutely Not” Related To Trump/Russia Investigation [VIDEO]

The Hill reports:

A White House spokeswoman early Wednesday rejected the suggestion that President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was related to the Russia investigation. “Absolutely not,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “There’s no evidence of any collusion,” she added.

Huckabee Sanders was further pressed about the president’s past praise of the former FBI director and why he decided to fire him. “I think that it’s very simple. He has the person that the FBI director reports to give him a very strong, very compelling recommendation that Comey needs to go,” she said.

Was Comey’s firing about the Russia investigation? @SarahHuckabee tells @WillieGeist: “Absolutely not” #morningjoe https://t.co/9WEpb06Ft7

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) May 10, 2017