They denied it had anything to do with the FBI investigation into possible links between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign. The first of those calls was initiated by Trump, POTUS said, adding that he had asked if it was possible for Comey to let him know if he was under investigation.
The White House's latest crisis of credibility was created on Tuesday when Trump sacked James Comey which, White House press reps and Veep Mike Pence explained that evening, he did after accepting the recommendation to fire of new-ish Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
"He's a showboat, he's a grandstander, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been in turmoil", Trump told NBC's Lester Holt in an interview released Thursday.
In other words, according to Trump himself, what the Trump White House told the public wasn't true. She was asked by Jonathan Karl of ABC News whether it was improper for the president to ask the FBI director if he was under investigation.
Days before he was sacked, Comey requested more resources to pursue his investigation, US officials have said, fueling concerns that Trump was trying to undermine a probe that could threaten his presidency.
Trump's personal attacks on Comey and changing explanations for his decision come in the midst of a firestorm of criticism from Democrats, the media, and even some members of his own party about Comey's firing.
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"Regardless of [the] recommendation I was going to fire Comey", Trump said.
Kislyak has been a central figure in the ongoing Trump-Russia investigation. Instead, they've ramped up their calls for a special prosecutor to take over the Trump-Russia case - a decision that lies exclusively in the hands of Rosenstein.
Andrew McCabe, testifying before Congress in place of his fired boss, told lawmakers a counterintelligence investigation that a White House spokeswoman dismissed a day earlier as "one of the smallest things" on the FBI's plate was actually "highly significant".
McCabe told senators it is not standard FBI practice to tell someone he or she is or isn't under investigation. His account has not been confirmed and the FBI Director would not normally discuss an open investigation like that. McCabe said that Comey's firing will not hinder it. "'We'll see what happens, '" Mr Trump said.
Two days later, Sanders was back in the White House briefing room, pitching a new storyline that Donald Trump already had delivered, in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt.
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