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James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Trump, was interrogated in a congressional committee in a much-hyped event that gives ammunition to both Trump\u2019s critics and his defenders.<\/p>\n

Comey agreed that Trump was not under criminal investigation, that the Russian probe is a\u00a0counter-intelligence matter. \u00a0MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews, a liberal who is no fan of Trump,<\/a> said that the \u201ccollusion theory\u201d\u2013that Trump and his campaign had been conspiring with the Russians to throw the election\u2013\u201ccomes apart\u201d with Comey\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n

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We also learned that the leaker of Comey\u2019s notes on his meetings with Trump was Comey himself.<\/p>\n

But Comey also detailed Trump\u2019s efforts to get him to stop the investigation of fired national security director Michael Flynn. \u00a0The obstruction of justice accusation is still very much alive.<\/p>\n

What we mostly learned from Comey\u2019s testimony\u2013as he talked about Trump\u2019s harangues, Trump\u2019s \u201clying\u201d about him, and the \u201cawkward silence\u201d when Trump demanded his loyalty\u2013is what it\u2019s like to work under\u00a0a difficult boss that you don\u2019t like and don\u2019t respect.<\/p>\n

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From\u00a0News from The Associated Press<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia\u2019s ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading \u201clies, plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comey also revealed that he\u2019d orchestrated the public release of information about his private conversations with the president in an effort to further the investigation.<\/p>\n

Comey\u2019s testimony, at a hugely anticipated congressional hearing that captured the country\u2019s attention, provided a gripping account of his interactions with Trump and underscored the deep distrust that had soured their relationship before his stunning firing last month.<\/p>\n

In occasionally explosive statements, Comey portrayed Trump as a chief executive dismissive of the FBI\u2019s independence and made clear that he interpreted Trump\u2019s request to end an investigation into his former national security adviser as an order coming from the president.<\/p>\n

He expressed confidence that the circumstances of his firing, and Trump\u2019s overall behavior toward him, could be investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice. But he declined to offer an opinion on whether it met such a threshold.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Photo of James Comey by Rich Girard, Flickr, Creative Commons License<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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