109-year history one f.b.i director fire tuesday president trump fire jam b. comey july 1993 president bill clinton fire william s. sessions nominate post president ronald reagan 1987. mr. clinton say attorney general janet reno review mr. sessions leadership conclude uncertain term long effectively lead bureau mr. sessions cite ethical lapse include take free trip f.b.i aircraft use government money build 10,000 fence home mr. sessions ask resign fire refuse despite president severe tone seem regret force mr. sessions post new york time write dismissal washington july 19 president clinton today dismiss william s. sessions director federal bureau investigation stubbornly reject administration ultimatum resign six months harsh internal ethics report conduct.mr clinton say would announce nominee replace mr. sessions tuesday expect pick judge louis j. freeh federal district court manhattan officials say judge freeh impress mr. clinton favorably friday first meeting.mr clinton explain reason remove mr. sessions effective immediately say leadership vacuum agency important unite state f.b.i time difficult chapter agency history bring close defiant endbut part news conference f.b.i headquarter mr. clinton announcement defiant mr. sessions right arm sling result weekend fall rail call unfairness removal come nearly six years 10-year term scurrilous attack wife 42 years decide others long forceful need lead f.b.i carry responsibilities bureau nation say believe principle independent f.b.i refuse voluntarily resign mr. clinton say review mr. sessions performance attorney general janet reno advise mr. sessions go thorough review attorney general mr. sessions leadership f.b.i report uncertain term long effectively lead bureau similarly mr. trump fire mr. comey recommendation attorney general jeff sessions relation william sessions unite state statutes discuss president authority remove f.b.i director nyt vince foster media tell major media outlets report wednesday supreme court hear california lawyer allan favish case government photograph vincent foster death scene release public view media report few five investigations find foster commit suicide depress despite 10 years denial major media foster case close supreme court hear wednesday demonstrate case close failure authorities make full disclosure conduct full investigation case include complete autopsy.vince foster deputy white house counsel also personal attorney bill hillary clinton.on night foster death top clinton aid make frantic effort enter remove document west wing office days follow federal investigators stymie investigation foster office strange death.since foster july 1993 death facts death obfuscate friends bill hillary major media undeniable truth five investigations foster death media report park police best know meter horse patrol around washington put charge initial death inquiry important federal official die suspiciously since president kennedy park police contradict standard procedure declare death suicide launch inquiry.later robert fiske select clinton counsel bernie nussbaum janet reno quickly confirm park police probe suicide.but ken starr enter investigation reopen case chief prosecutor case miquel rodriguez late quit starr investigation claim starr staff engage cover-up foster death.rodriguez harvard-educated federal prosecutor argue one polaroid photos take foster crime scene indicate additional wind foster neck never note autopsy report favish suit supreme court seek release photo among others.no few three paramedics scene indicate report testimony crime scene consistent murder scene suicide.a careful fbi microscopic investigation foster shoe find trace soil grass stain though supposedly walk several hundred yards wooded fort marcy park body find years late starr investigation find plenty soil grass stain rodriguez charge shoe tamper produce evidence accord fbi report vince foster death blonde hairs find body vince foster never investigate foster find little blood around body despite claim fire gun mouth practically blood find front shirt.foster find 1913 revolver one family could claim two serial number make part three gun none foster fingerprint find gun.for years detail detail emerge question official ruling.significant question raise unusual gun .38 colt revolver make part three gun two serial number find conveniently vince hand.the park police say one serial number indicate gun vintage 1913 pedigree.foster family members insist neither foster father ever own old revolver.the ncic keep record law enforcment inquiries serial numbers.on march 23 2001 fbi respond request make man name craig brinkley serial number 356555 one number gun never search fbi park police investigation ken starr.serial number 355055 find frame gun brinkley believe gun real nnumber.that number indeed search park police even foster death exactly 22:45 edt july 20 1993.interestingly search conduct serial number few three time early year foster death march march april 29.was someone check see gun clean predigree untraceable bullet gun supposedly kill foster never find despite intensive searches.despite claim contrary one know foster include hillary web hubbell wife saw sign depression.a so-called suicide note find office briefcase search find empty foster death note tear 27 piece yet fbi examination find trace foster fingerprint note top oxford handwrite expert find note obvious forgery.despite enormity case foster autopsy last astound 45 minutes coroner case previously overrule case declare suicides late find murders.all x-ray take autopsy missing.complete crime scene photos exist park police say photos accidentally overexpose series close-up polaroids favish sue remain brief summary dozens inconsistencies case two new york homicide investigators look case conclude foster body move crime scene murder could rule out.despite overwhelm evidence cover-up media question official ruling.ken starr could find criminal wrongdoing part clintons intensive probe confirm rule suicide starr even hire o.j simpson defense expert prove case.on august 23 2016 daily mail reveal fbi agents report interview document hillary clinton sting humiliation friend mentor vince foster front white house aid trigger suicide vince foster miss file national archives.on first visit archivist david paynter provide box record say contain fbi report interview conduct fbi agents foster death second visit archivist jam mathis provide say documents.while box contain dozens fbi report concern foster death include interview medical examiner u.s. park police officer white house aid content foster office report hillary clinton role death absent.after file freedom information request national archive martha murphy archive public liaison report direct senior archivist conduct thorough review relevant fbi file include previously make public response foia request examine eight box find interview investigator detail either meet hillary clinton vince foster effect meet hillary clinton vince foster vince foster state mind murphy report email.after fire republican fbi director william s. session president bill clinton temporarily replace floyd i. clarke september 1993 louis freeh become fbi director right start freeh fbi drench controversy screw-ups legion exposure fraudulent fbi crime lab result wrongful blame innocent man bomb atlanta olympics bloody standoff shootout ruby ridge media ignore time bill clinton fire fbi director day vince foster find dead