Murkowski, Sullivan diverge in statements on Comey firing

FBI Director James Comey discusses the impact of technology on the work of law enforcement at a Brookings Institution event on Oct. 16, 2014.(Creative Commons photo courtesy Brookings Institution)
Alaska’s U.S. senators have responded somewhat differently to President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey.
In a written statement, Sen. Lisa Murkowski emphasized the timing.
The firing came “in the middle of an investigation into Russia’s interference in our elec