(CNN) After President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, questions immediately arose about the President's motivations for his dismissal -- and for the recent firings of two other then-President Barack Obama-appointees who were in the middle of conducting investigations linked to Trump. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Comey's firing was part of a "deeply troubling pattern from the Trump administration," that appears to be linked to two other high-profile dismissals. "They fired Sally Yates. They fired Preet Bharara. And they fired James Comey, the very man leading he investigation. This does not seem to be a coincidence," Schumer said shortly after the announcement, calling for a special independent prosecutor into the Trump campaign's ties to the Kremlin.FBI Director Comey the latest official to fall foul of Trump mid-investigationFormer Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara had previously been dismissed
It's not clear if the incoming FBI director will pick up where _ left off.