paragraph of the letter. while i appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation i never theless concur with the judgment of the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. just to remind our viewers here what is former fbi director comey said. >> have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. >> that's what comey said at the hearing in marchand then this letter today to james comey firing him saying comey informed