Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' 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’s 2016 presidential campaign manager says President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is “wrong.”

“I have a big bone to pick with James Comey, OK?” Robby Mook said on CNN Tuesday. “I thought the way he handled the investigation on Secretary Clinton’s emails last year was poorly done.

“However, what happened today was wrong. And it was wrong because no one in our country, particularly the president of the United States, should be above the law.”

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Mook added that Trump and 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 are “potentially implicated” in the FBI’s probe of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

“And as we’ve heard from this panel, the questions are now gushing out about whether this investigation was closing in on the president and this was his way of closing it down.”

The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that Trump had fired Comey on the recommendation of Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.

“While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the Department of Justice that you are not able to lead the bureau,” Trump wrote in a letter to Comey dated Tuesday.

“It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission.”

The White House said that a search for a new permanent FBI director would “begin immediately.”

The firing sent ripples across Washington, with many questioning the timing of his dismissal.

Comey announced in March that the FBI was probing alleged coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.