According to official reasons, he was dismissed only because of his poor work performance, which has nothing to do with the Russian investigation.
However, a person close to Komi broke the news that the real reason behind the dismissal is actually these two:
First, Komi has never expressed or promised loyalty to Trump.
Second, the FBI team recently began to speed up the investigation of whether Trump team has anything to do with Russia's intervention in the general election.
According to people familiar with the matter, just a week before Trump fired Komi, Komi went to the US Department of Justice and asked Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Minister of Justice, for more information about Russian intervention in the 20 16 US election and its connection with Trump's campaign. Another insider gave a similar statement.
On May 1 1 local time, the American media released Komi's farewell letter to the FBI team. In this letter, Komi wrote in the first sentence: "I have always believed that the president can dismiss the director of the FBI for some reason or no reason."
In his letter, he described the significance of the FBI: "I have said before that in turbulent times, the American people should regard the FBI as an unshakable rock of genius, honesty and independence."
The 56-year-old Komi was appointed by then President Obama as the director of the FBI in 20 13 for a term of 10. However, Trump's dismissal order ended this term six years ahead of schedule. However, the outside world did not buy these official reasons, but doubts doubled.