"John
was angry and hurt by what he saw and the way (Comey) was treated," one of
the sources said.
Comey
learned of his dismissal on May 9 from televisions tuned to the news as he was
addressing the workforce at the FBI office in Los Angeles, law enforcement
sources said at the time. Comey made a joke about it to lighten the mood and
called his office to get confirmation.
Comey,
who took Kelly’s call while traveling back from Los Angeles to Washington,
responded to Kelly by telling him not to resign, one of the sources said.
