At another point, Mr. Comey was questioned about the contents of an unverified dossier prepared by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer tasked with compiling potentially damaging information on Mr. Trump for his political opponents.
"Well, I'll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future". The objective of congressional hearings is to allow the public to understand what we need to know about what our government is doing. You suggested he didn't tell the truth in everything he said.
During Friday's wide-ranging press conference, Trump also publically confirmed his commitment to NATO's mutual defense pact - something he did not do during the alliance's gathering in Belgium last month.
TRUMP: Well, I didn't say that.
"I hardly know the man", Trump said on Friday. He is a good guy.
Trump earlier praised North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member Romania for boosting its defense spending to 2 percent of its GDP, as required for all North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members, and for its contribution to the fight against terrorism. When she asked for a yes or no answer, he demurred, and she said, "either you are willing to do that or not".
Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wants Comey to appear before his committee, and has not ruled out issuing a subpoena for his appearance. "I didn't obey that, but that's the way I took it". "But we want to get back to running our great country". He has also accused the president of lying, attempting to cover up an FBI investigation and demanding loyalty from Comey.
The White House has seized on the part of Mr Comey's testimony where he said he had assured the president he himself was not under scrutiny over Russian Federation.
Mr Comey testified that he'd given a memo including details about a conversation with President Donald Trump to a friend, who was later identified as law professor Daniel Richman.
Donald Trump should bring out the tapes he talked about.
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Republican Rep. Mike Conaway and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said they had also written to Don McGahn, the White House counsel, and asked him whether White House recordings or memos of Comey's conversations with Trump exist.
Senior aides to Trump had tried to get a statement of explicit support for Article 5 in the president's North Atlantic Treaty Organisation speech but it was not included, a senior administration official said.
The snub came just 24 hours after Comey told a Senate panel that an anonymously-sourced Times report from mid-February was false.
For Trump supporters, that means Trump is in the clear.
Trump has repeatedly raised the profile - and the stakes - of the congressional and criminal investigations through his actions.
Mr Kasowitz also jumped on Mr Comey's revelation that he had released details of his private conversations with the president, casting the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director as one of the "leakers" set on undermining the Trump administration.
He said that he'd carefully documented his interactions with Trump because he anxious Trump would misrepresent them, and accused the administration of spreading "lies, plain and simple" about the reasons for his firing. Then it turned out, guess what? Since Comey and the president have diametrically opposed recollections of what transpired during that and other interactions, Comey was essentially telling the panel that he'd be thrilled if the president had been covertly recording their conversations. But Lewandowski's comment doesn't capture the fact that Trump's campaign overall was under investigation.
Comey's testimony underscored the discord that had soured their relationship. The most significant example of this was his decision to fire Comey.
"But yesterday showed no collusion no obstruction", he added in reference to claims of collusion.
"That is a very big deal, and not just because it involves me". Trump was asked if he would move the U.S.to defend North Atlantic Treaty Organisation if Russian Federation attacked; he did not answer that part of the question.
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