Seeks to backtrack on 2017 comments on Comey firing
Susan Heavey
... Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017, a move that Comey said later was aimed at undercutting the probe.
The Trump administration said at the time of Comey’s dismissal that the president had acted on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and No. 2 Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein.
In an interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt that aired two days after the firing, Trump accused Comey of being incompetent and noted the recommendation, but also raised the issue of the Russia investigation, saying he was thinking of “this Russia thing” when he fired him.
In a Twitter post on Thursday, Trump accused the news outlet and Holt, of “fudging my tape on Russia,” but gave no evidence to back up his claim ...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/trump-seeks-to-backtrack-on-2017-comments-on-comey-firing-idUSKCN1LF19Q
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