Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) has called on Senate Democrats to be on the floor at 9:30 Wednesday morning to hear what, if anything, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) will say about President Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

The conference will then meet at 10:30 a.m. for discussions on the next steps following Tuesday's bombshell news.

Schumer has asked Senate Dems to be on the Senate floor at 9:30am to hear what McConnell says when opening the floor about Comey's firing. — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 10, 2017

TOMORROW: All Senate Dems asked to be in the chamber at 9:30am to hear/see if McConnell says more regarding Trump's firing of Comey — Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) May 10, 2017

Senate Democrats also plan to hold a caucus meeting at 10:30am Wednesday to consider next steps re: Comey, aides say. Mostly symbolic. — Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) May 10, 2017

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Trump fired Comey on Tuesday based on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.

Trump wrote in a letter to Comey that the FBI has to restore "public trust and confidence."

The decision has seen backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, leading to mounting calls for an independent investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Moscow. The FBI is currently in the middle of conducting such a probe.