Eighty-one percent of bets in the last twenty-four hours have been on Donald Trump leaving office this year.
James Comey’s dismissal as FBI Director sent shockwaves through Washington last week, with many of Donald Trump critics suggesting the President was trying to scupper FBI Investigations into his relationship with Russia. The former FBI director remained quiet on the whole saga before finally breaking his silence by releasing notes to the New York Times.
In Comey’s memo, it clearly states that Donald Trump asked the former FBI director to shut down the federal investigation into the President’s former national security adviser, Micheal T Flynn. In a meeting between Mr Comey and the President in February, Donald Trump supposedly said “I hope you can let this go,” to the FBI Director.
vNew York Times: Comey memo suggests Donald Trump asked then-FBI director to shut down investigation into Michael Flynn - White House denies
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) May 16, 2017
Even though Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the election he was never the most popular figure and many expected a turbulent term in office. Since he was elected to replace Barrack Obama, the current President has consistently been backed by punters to leave office before the end of his first term. Even with this in mind, there has still been a surge of bets in the last week since Comey’s sacking with betting intensifying further following the New York Times publishing his memos.
Donald Trump to leave the office before the end of his first term went odds-on for the first time since he was elected on Betfair Exchange today, with money pouring into the market by the hour. The odds for the President to leave the White House before the end of 2017 have also been cut from 5/2, to as short as 7/4 this morning. In the last twenty-four hours Oddschecker has seen 81% of bets placed on the date of Trump’s exit to be in 2017.
Firing Comey could be the beginning of the end for Trump https://t.co/JN7dJzBGaG
— The Independent (@Independent) May 11, 2017
