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Pence Linked to Decision to Fire James Comey

September 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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This is a pretty big deal: Vice President Mike Pence knew of and was involved in the decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May.

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