11 May 2017 10:19 pm
45 told Lester Holt today that the first time Comey told him he was not under investigation, it was over a dinner that Comey requested because he wanted to ask 45 if he could stay on in his job.Comey’s associates: It’s “farcical” to think he would have told Trump that he wasn’t a subject of the investigation.
Trump said in his “you’re fired” letter that Comey had told him three times that he wasn’t under investigation in the Russiagate probe.
He repeated that claim in today’s interview with NBC.
Nonsense, say Comey’s allies.
Those close to Mr. Comey said he was blindsided by his dismissal, which he saw on TV while at a law-enforcement event in Los Angeles.
He was hurt that after years of service, he didn’t receive a courtesy call from the White House, a close associate said, and initially thought the television reports were part of an elaborate joke.
The White House said it was following protocol in delivering the dismissal letter by hand to his Washington office.
Mr. Comey’s associates also denied the claim made by Mr. Trump, in his letter firing Mr. Comey, that the director told him on three occasions that he wasn’t under investigation.
They said Mr. Comey never gave Mr. Trump any such guidance, which would violate longstanding policies on criminal investigations.
“That is literally farcical,” said one associate.
That makes no sense, since he was appointed to a 10 year term.
And it would be highly inappropriate if that was what happened because it sounds like Comey was offering a quid pro quo.
He could keep his job in return for a promise not to investigate 45.
I hope that Comey comes out to defend himself from 45's filthy lies about him.
He has every right to do that.