"I said, 'If it's possible would you let me know am I under investigation?'" Mr Trump said, recounting one of three conversations about the issue - two over the phone and one over dinner.
Trump is the first president since Richard Nixon to fire a law enforcement official overseeing an investigation with ties to the White House. "We've got to address that", said Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, referring to Trump's behavior with Comey, including the report that the president asked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation director's loyalty.
Rosie's tweet on December 20 came as response to criticism of Comey for his handling of the the Hillary Clinton probe, particularly the decision to "reopen" the investigation less than two weeks before the election because of emails that ended up on disgraced pol Anthony Weiner's computer.
If appointed, she would be the FBI's first female director.
He also admitted that he had asked the FBI chief to tell him whether he was under investigation over Russia's alleged meddling in the United States presidential elections in 2016.
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe was scheduled to testify Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee at an annual hearing on worldwide threats.
"I was going to fire him regardless of recommendations", said the president.
The president is considering 11 people to replace Mr Comey, a White House official said. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether Comey had asked for more prosecutorial resources.
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"He was leading an active counterintelligence investigation into any links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government or its representatives, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts to interfere in our election".
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen.
In a statement, Grassley said that Comey had previously briefed him and the panel's top Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and that the lawmakers "heard nothing that contradicted the president's statement".
"In fact when I made a decision to just do it, I said to myself, I said, 'You know, this Russian Federation thing with Trump and Russian Federation is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won", he said.
The White House appeared caught off guard by the intense response to Comey's firing, given that the FBI director had become a pariah among Democrats for his role in the Clinton investigation.
"Nobody wants this to be finished and completed more than us", she said.
Moscow has denied any such interference and the Trump administration denies allegations of collusion with Russian Federation.
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