President Trump blasted fired FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, alleging he was untruthful to Congress after the transcript of his latest appearance before lawmakers was released to the public.
“On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn’t know, didn’t recall, or couldn’t remember things when asked,” Trump tweeted about Comey’s testimony. “Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) – didn’t know who signed off and didn’t know Christopher Steele. All lies!”
“Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!” Trump wrote in another tweet. “This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now exposed!”
[Comey: Trump ‘close’ to being an unindicted co-conspirator]
On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn’t know, didn’t recall, or couldn’t remember things when asked. Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) – didn’t know who signed off and didn’t know Christopher Steele. All lies!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2018
Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now exposed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2018
Comey gave a six-hour closed-door interview Friday with members of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees. The ex-FBI head decided against challenging the congressional subpoena in federal court in December in exchange for the transcript being made widely available.
Comey told the panels Friday the FBI’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia ahead of the 2016 election began with an examination of four Americans, who he declined to identify other than that they did not include the president.
While the former FBI director defended the bureau’s work, he did tell lawmakers Friday he would have removed a pair of senior FBI employees who were later revealed to be exchanging anti-Trump messages from the agency’s probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, according to the transcript. Those staffers were now-fired special agent Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page, who were having an affair and were texting each other about their dislike for Trump, which raised questions about bias in the agency.
