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Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations
By Eric Lichtblau, CNN Investigates
Updated 1:00 PM ET, Wed May 31, 2017
(CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.
Final details are still being worked out and no official date for his testimony has been set. Comey is expected to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year's presidential election.
Comey has spoken privately with Special Counsel Robert Mueller III to work out the parameters for his testimony to ensure there are no legal entanglements as a result of his public account, a source said. Comey will likely sit down with Mueller, a longtime colleague at the Justice Department, for a formal interview only after his public testimony.
When he testifies, Comey is unlikely to be willing to discuss in any detail the FBI's investigation into the charges of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign -- the centerpiece of the probe, this source said. But he appears eager to discuss his tense interactions with Trump before his firing, which have now spurred allegations that the president may have tried to obstruct the investigation. If it happens, Comey's public testimony promises to be a dramatic chapter in the months-long controversy, and it will likely bring even more intense scrutiny to an investigation that Trump has repeatedly denounced as a "witch hunt."
More: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/fbi-comey-testimony/index.html
By Eric Lichtblau, CNN Investigates
Updated 1:00 PM ET, Wed May 31, 2017
(CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.
Final details are still being worked out and no official date for his testimony has been set. Comey is expected to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year's presidential election.
Comey has spoken privately with Special Counsel Robert Mueller III to work out the parameters for his testimony to ensure there are no legal entanglements as a result of his public account, a source said. Comey will likely sit down with Mueller, a longtime colleague at the Justice Department, for a formal interview only after his public testimony.
When he testifies, Comey is unlikely to be willing to discuss in any detail the FBI's investigation into the charges of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign -- the centerpiece of the probe, this source said. But he appears eager to discuss his tense interactions with Trump before his firing, which have now spurred allegations that the president may have tried to obstruct the investigation. If it happens, Comey's public testimony promises to be a dramatic chapter in the months-long controversy, and it will likely bring even more intense scrutiny to an investigation that Trump has repeatedly denounced as a "witch hunt."
More: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/fbi-comey-testimony/index.html
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Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations (Original Post)
MelissaB
May 2017
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Wounded Bear
(58,603 posts)1. Can't wait...
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)2. Me either. Popcorn for all!
Johnny2X2X
(18,973 posts)3. He will confirm a felony
Reports are that Comey will confirm the bombshell that Trump pushed him to end the investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia. That's a felony, the FBI director is going to testify that the President of the United States committed a felony, a crime that Congress must impeach him for.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)4. Video
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)5. He'll give the best evidence behind closed doors
I think Comey is going to write a book eventually, and tell the whole story.
But he's not giving it away for free.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)6. Sounds like obstruction of justice
to me. Lawyers?