White House counselor Kellyanne Conway pushed back against claims that President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey was an attempt to suspend a federal investigation into connections between Russia and the administration.

“He’s wrong, it’s not a cover-up,” Conway told CNN host Anderson Cooper in response to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s statement.

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