Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports that details became known, how exactly the head of the FBI found out about his dismissal. According to the New York Times, James Komi spoke to employees of the bureau in Los Angeles. And at the same time on the TV behind him, the presenter announced the resignation of a civil servant. Komi laughed and said that it was a rather funny rally.

The New York Times notes that at that time the FBI director had not yet received official information from Washington. Later, a letter from Donald Trump to the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was delivered personally by Deputy Assistant President Keith Schiller.

As reported, ABC previously reported, referring to its sources, that Komi was dismissed on the phone when he was traveling to Los Angeles.