Nixon library: Actually, Nixon never fired the FBI director

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Amid the flood of reactions calling President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey “Nixonian,” the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum set the record straight Tuesday night: Nixon never fired the FBI director.

“FUN FACT: President Nixon never fired the Director of the FBI #FBIDirector #notNixonian,” the account tweeted.

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