White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said early Thursday that President Trump will likely visit the FBI headquarters soon.

“I believe that it’s very likely that that takes place sometime in the next few days,” Huckabee Sanders told “CBS This Morning” when asked if Trump would visit the FBI and talk to its agents.

News of the possible visit comes just days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, saying that “a new beginning” was needed at the bureau.

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The White House has provided multiple reasons for firing Comey. Sanders on Wednesday told reporters that Comey had committed “atrocities” in his handling of the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee 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 use of a email private server while secretary of State.

Trump, when asked by reporters earlier on Wednesday, said Comey was dismissed for “not doing a good job.”

Comey had been handling the FBI’s investigation into potential ties between Trump campaign staff and Russia. His firing came as a shock to both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday.

Democrats and several Republicans have called for an independent commission or a special prosecutor to lead the probe into Russia’s attempt to meddle in the United States' presidential election last year.