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 You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerJim Jordan dismissive of GOP compromise immigration bill Schumer calls for Trump administration to appoint 'czar' to oversee family reunification Donald Trump Jr. headlines Montana Republican convention MORE (D-N.Y.) says he told President Trump that his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was a "big mistake." 
 
 "Earlier this afternoon President Trump called me and informed me he was firing Director Comey," Schumer told reporters on Tuesday. "I told the president, 'Mr. President, with all due respect, you are making a big mistake.’ ” 
 
 He added that Trump didn't "really respond" to his comment. 
 
 Trump fired Comey on Tuesday based on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsHillicon Valley: Justices uphold Trump travel ban | Tech's response | Accused NSA leaker enters guilty plea | Dems press for more info on OPM breach | Senators press Trump to uphold ZTE ban | New hacking threat to satellites Chelsea Clinton knocks Sessions over remark on child separations Sessions quips about family separation during speech to conservative group MORE and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters. 
 
 Trump wrote in a letter to Comey that the FBI has to restore "public trust and confidence." 
 
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 Republican senators largely defended Comey's termination . Senate Majority Whip(R-Texas) pointed out the FBI director "serves at the pleasure of the president." 
 
 Schumer said that the "first question" for the Trump administration is why the president decided to fire Comey now. The FBI is investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 White House race, as well as any connections between Trump's campaign and Moscow. 
 
 "Were these investigations getting too close to home for the president?" Schumer asked during his quickly scheduled press conference. 
 
 Schumer also linked Comey's firing to the ouster of former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and reiterated his call for the Department of Justice to appoint a special prosecutor for the probe into the 2016 election. 
 
 "This is part of a deeply troubling pattern from the Trump administration," Schumer said. "This does not seem to be a coincidence." 
 
 Democrats have called for months for the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel, arguing someone appointed by the president would face political pressure. 
 
 Schumer added that if Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, refuses to appoint a special prosecutor, "every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a coverup." 
 
 "This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this White House," he said.
– The critics have weighed in on President Trump's firing of the FBI chief, generally with unflattering comparisons to Richard Nixon. But what does Trump himself say? "James Comey will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job, bringing back the spirit and prestige of the FBI," he tweeted Wednesday morning. And he predicted the move will be validated: "Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike," he wrote. "When things calm down, they will be thanking me!" The president also cast Democrats as hypocrites for suddenly having Comey's back. They've said "some of the worst things" about him, "but now they play so sad!" he tweeted. Trump struck a similar theme in a tweet Tuesday night, in which he seems to have christened a new nickname for the Senate minority leader. "Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, 'I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.' Then acts so indignant." Schumer, for his part, said the firing makes it all the more important to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in the election. And he told Trump the move was a "big mistake," per the Hill.