The Wall Street Journal editorial board, right-leaning but frequently critical of Donald Trump, said the president was right to terminate FBI Director James Comey.

The paper had called for Comey to resign before Trump was sworn into office and the Journal said Tuesday night, after the White House announced it had fired him, that he has become too political.

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