CBS News veteran Bob Schieffer accused President Donald Trump of making his own staff look foolish in having them try to explain his firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Schieffer's comments came Friday during CBS' "This Morning."
"Sending these people out to explain the inexplicable is not going to help," Schieffer said. "He's making fools of his own staff. The White House appears to be in chaos. It is the original amateur hour, as we look at it from the outside."
The Hill noted the White House has issued a number of statements – some contradictory – about the Comey dismissal.
Trump addressed the issue in a tweet on Friday morning:
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