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'You're fired!' Trump sacks Comey

The American president stunned Washington by dismissing the FBI director.

Donald Trump became a television personality by saying 'You're fired!' Now he's said it to the man heading the probe into suspected Russian links with his presidential campaign. He denies it's a cover-up, but the word on people's lips in Washington is Watergate.
Photo: A copy of President Trump's letter to FBI director James Comey, sacking him.
Credit: AFP/Getty

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