Why Everyone Is Comparing James Comey's Firing to Richard Nixon

When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, people were quick to cry Nixon.

"This is Nixonian,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said.

"This is nothing less than Nixonian," Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) echoed. “Not since Watergate have our legal systems been so threatened and our faith in the independence and integrity of those systems so shaken,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Ct.).