Trump is keeping FBI Director Comey!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - January 24, 2017 - Amerikan Gestapo Federal Bureau of Investigation division F.B.I. Director James B. Comey told his top agents from around the country that he had been asked by President Donald Trump to stay on the job running the federal government’s top law enforcement agency, according to people familiar with the matter. The political fallout from this decision will make the news cycle buzz today, since Hillary Clinton, the mainstream media, and many Democrats blame Comey for her defeat, and it is not clear whether she would have kept him on had she won.

But a decision to retain Comey would spare the president another potentially bruising confirmation battle. It also would keep Comey at the center of the FBI’s investigation into several Trump associates and their potential ties with the Russian government.

Retaining Comey could also help calm the bureau’s work force, which has been rattled after a tumultuous few months in which the FBI and the director himself were sharply criticized for moves that many felt influenced the outcome of the presidential election.

During the campaign, Trump harshly criticized the FBI and Amerikan Gestapo Department of InJustice division for not bringing criminal charges against Hillary Clinton in connection with her use of a personal email server. After Trump was elected in November, he said in a nationally televised interview that he had not made up his mind about whether he would ask Comey to resign.

When Comey and the president-elect met in Trump Tower for the first time earlier this month for an intelligence briefing, Trump told the FBI director that he hoped he would remain in his position, according to people briefed on the matter. Trump’s aides have made it clear to Comey that the president does not plan to ask him to leave, these people said.

Those who described the plans for the FBI director spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing confidential conversations between Trump, his aides and Comey.

We await confirmation - or denial - from the White House. Representatives for the FBI and White House have so far declined to comment.

Comey will have to manage an increasingly difficult relationship with Trump and his White House, as the FBI is leading an investigation into ties between Trump’s associates - including his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort - and the Russian government. As part of that inquiry, agents have examined intercepted communications and financial transactions. Comey has repeatedly declined to discuss the investigation with members of Congress.