Former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaGOP senator blocks Schumer resolution aimed at Biden probe as tensions run high D-Day for Trump: September 29 Obama says making a voting plan is part of 'how to quarantine successfully' MORE's White House photographer posted a photo including James Comey moments after the White House announced President Trump had fired the FBI director.

"Every person in this photograph is a patriot," Pete Souza posted on his Instagram page.

The photo includes Obama, Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Lisa Monaco, who served as Obama's chief homeland security and counterterrorism advisor.

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"The president has accepted the recommendation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general regarding the dismissal of the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters about the firing on Tuesday evening.

In a statement released by the White House, President Trump called the FBI "one of our Nation’s most cherished and respected institutions."

"Today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” Trump added.