Donald Trump threatens James Comey on Twitter after sacking the FBI director

Mr Trump is under pressure in regards to sacking the former FBI director amid his agency’s investigation into Russian ties to the Trump campaign and reportedly days after he asked for more resources for the probe.

When the story broke, White House Counsellor Kellyanne Conway, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and his deputy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, all maintained that Mr Trump was acting on a memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein when he sacked Mr Comey and that the president was unhappy with the director’s handling of last year’s Hillary Clinton email saga.

Mr Rosenstein was reportedly furious that Mr Comey’s departure was placed at his feet, forcing Mr Trump to come out and say that he was planning on removing Mr Comey anyway.

Mr Comey has so far been silent on his sacking, except for an internal note to staff in which he said, “I’m not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won’t either. It is done, and I will be fine.”

Mr Comey reportedly learned of his sacking after seeing a breaking news snap at an event in which he was speaking.

Now, Mr Trump appears concerned about what Mr Comey might say about his removal.

He took to Twitter to warn, “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press.”

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