Flynn Puts FBI Director Comey Back in Spotlight
The Hill
February 15, 2017
By Katie Bo Williams
The spotlight is back on FBI Director James Comey thanks to Michael Flynn's resignation as National Security Advisor.
Comey, who Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed for her loss in last years presidential election, is now reportedly presiding over an investigation that appears to have implicated one of President Trump's top aides.
Republicans and Democrats alike are watching closely, putting pressure on the bureau for a public accounting.
Democrats want to know exactly what Flynn said to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak - and on who's orders - amid ongoing scrutiny into a widespread influence campaign by Moscow intended to install Trump in the White House.
"The much bigger issue is, what is the connection with Russia and the Trump administration?
It's not only how far up does it go - was the campaign in collusion?' said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).
Republicans have been more muted about a probe into a Republican president and instead have attempted to shift focus to the wiretap that reportedly exposed Flynn's conversations with Kislyak to the FBI - and the subsequent press leaks that revealed the wiretaps.
"I expect for the FBI to tell me what is going on, and they better have a good answer," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), who was a member of the Trump transition team executive committee, told the Washington Post.
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