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06-09-2017, 04:07 AM
WASHINGTON: In an explosive testimony, former director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey told a Senate panel on Thursday that the FBI was scrutinising US President Donald Trump's actions in connection with its probe into Russia’s interference in US elections last year.
While speaking publicly for the first time since his abrupt firing, Comey told Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump’s conduct fell within “the scope of” the FBI’s investigation but that he was **t specifically under investigation. The former FBI chief told the Senate panel during a televised hearing that he was fired by Trump to influence FBI’s investigations into possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia during the US elections.
“I take the president at his word that I was fired because of the Russia investigation," he said. "I take him at his word, based on what I k**w **w,’’ said Comey. The former FBI director also claimed that President Trump lied to the American public when he said that the FBI was in disarray and that agents had lost confidence in Comey.
“Those were lies, plain and simple,” Comey said in opening remarks. At a February 14 meeting at the White House, Comey said Trump strongly defended Flynn, arguing that his former national security adviser “hadn’t done anything wrong’’ in his prior contact with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Flynn had been fired the day before for lying to administration officials, including Vice President Pence, about his communications with Kislyak.
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go," Comey quoted the president as saying. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go." Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman, told the New York Times that Trump watched some of the hearing but was also focusing on other matters. Asked to respond to Comey’s assertion that the president had lied, she said, “I can definitively say the president is **t a liar, and frankly I’m insulted by that question.”
The FBI is investigating whether anyone in Trump’s campaign colluded with Russian agents to try to influence the outcome of the presidential election. Comey said he turned over his memos to the Justice Department special counsel, Mueller, the first public suggestion that the special counsel would investigate Trump’s firing of Comey. He said Trump made several public statements that were false after he was fired. Among them, Comey said, was the president's denial at a White House news conference last month that he ever asked the FBI inquiry into Flynn to be shut down.
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While speaking publicly for the first time since his abrupt firing, Comey told Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump’s conduct fell within “the scope of” the FBI’s investigation but that he was **t specifically under investigation. The former FBI chief told the Senate panel during a televised hearing that he was fired by Trump to influence FBI’s investigations into possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia during the US elections.
“I take the president at his word that I was fired because of the Russia investigation," he said. "I take him at his word, based on what I k**w **w,’’ said Comey. The former FBI director also claimed that President Trump lied to the American public when he said that the FBI was in disarray and that agents had lost confidence in Comey.
“Those were lies, plain and simple,” Comey said in opening remarks. At a February 14 meeting at the White House, Comey said Trump strongly defended Flynn, arguing that his former national security adviser “hadn’t done anything wrong’’ in his prior contact with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Flynn had been fired the day before for lying to administration officials, including Vice President Pence, about his communications with Kislyak.
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go," Comey quoted the president as saying. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go." Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman, told the New York Times that Trump watched some of the hearing but was also focusing on other matters. Asked to respond to Comey’s assertion that the president had lied, she said, “I can definitively say the president is **t a liar, and frankly I’m insulted by that question.”
The FBI is investigating whether anyone in Trump’s campaign colluded with Russian agents to try to influence the outcome of the presidential election. Comey said he turned over his memos to the Justice Department special counsel, Mueller, the first public suggestion that the special counsel would investigate Trump’s firing of Comey. He said Trump made several public statements that were false after he was fired. Among them, Comey said, was the president's denial at a White House news conference last month that he ever asked the FBI inquiry into Flynn to be shut down.
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