Joe Scarborough Slams FBI’s Handling Of Petraeus Situation: ‘Somebody Needs To Be Fired Here’

New York’s Rep. Peter King appeared on Morning Joe Monday, where he took a moment to offer his take on General David Petraeus‘ announcement that he would step down as a result of an affair — an affair, reports indicate, that resulted in access to his email contacts.

“I strongly believe that David Petraeus has to be a witness at that hearing” on Benghazi, said King. He added that he does not understand how Petraeus’ situation “rises to the level of an FBI investigation.” And, more importantly, he believes the FBI had an obligation to tell the President about its investigation, “not to protect Petraeus, but to protect the President.”

Later, host Joe Scarborough asked King whether he was skeptical that Attorney General Holder kept this information regarding Petraeus from the White House despite the fact that his agency knew about it “since last summer.”

“I’m not into conspiracy theories,” said King, but he definitely has questions about who was told about this, and when.

“It is mindblowing,” said Scarborough, “to think that the director of the FBI knew about this from the summer, has almost daily contacts with the President of the United States, knows that the man who was entrusted to, in effect, run the war on terror may be compromised… And he doesn’t say anything to the President of the United States for months? Somebody needs to be fired here. This is ridiculous.”

Have a look, courtesy of MSNBC:

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