Article snippet: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was so upset with the White House for pinning the firing of FBI Director James Comey on him Wednesday that he was on the verge of resigning, an administration source told ABC News. After Comey's firing Tuesday night, White House officials said President Donald Trump acted on the recommendation of Rosenstein. Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on "letter to staffers and friends after his firing, Comey said he was not going to dwell on how it was handled. "I'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won't either. It is done," he wrote. "In times of turbulence, the American people should see the FBI as a rock of competence, honesty and independence." In a memo delivered Tuesday afternoon to Capitol Hill. Press secretary Sean Spicer pointed the finger at the Justice Department when asked by ABC News late Tuesday night who ordered the review of Comey. But Sanders said during Wednesday's White House press briefing, "The decision for the final decision to move forward with it was yesterday. But I know that [Trump has] been contemplating it for a while." Asked whether Comey's firing was a result of Rosenstein's memo, Sanders said, "That was, I think, the final piece that moved the president to make that quick and decisive action yesterday." Despite being critical of Comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Democrats argued that the firin... Link to the full article to read more