James Comey

"The president said 'this hookers thing' is nonsense," Comey wrote

'Trump has tweeted at me probably 50 times, I'm like a breakup he can't get over', says Comey

Comey goes farther to say that Trump has no sense of what is right and wrong

Mueller's focus goes beyond possible collusion with Russia to business dealings

He is accused of firing FBI director over his refusal to steer Russia investigation away from Trump ally Mike Flynn

Chuck Schumer claims the president has been taking the matters 'lightly'

Sessions in May signed a letter to Trump recommending he remove Comey

Says he believes he was fired because of the Russia probe

Comey delivered scathing remarks about the president on Thursday at a congressional hearing

Comey said he took painstaking notes for fear Trump might 'lie' about the unusual encounters

Comey's testimony will be his first public remarks since Trump summarily fired him on May 9

Trump's approval ratings have slumped since his inauguration

Can Trump, too, survive the Memogate?

He will head up the FBI's ongoing probe with the authority to prosecute crimes unearthed by the investigation

At least a dozen different names are being mentioned in US media as candidates to replace Comey

The Justice Department began interviewing candidates for the FBI director job on Saturday

His aides conveyed a somewhat scattershot message, and Trump was reportedly angry

The shock dismissal of the FBI chief James Comey has triggered days of turmoil in Washington

Here is a timeline of explanations provided by the White House and the president himself

Comey was well-liked by the FBI rank and file after president Barack Obama named him director in September 2013

Before Tuesday only one FBI director had been fired in the bureau's century-long history

The shock move drew comparisons to the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon

Pictures taken last year show that even Mark Zuckerberg covers the webcam on his MacBook Pro