Comey, who was sacked by Trump on May 9, revealed during his testimony that he had a friend, later identified as Columbia University Law Professor Dan Richman, leak contents of his private memos to the media in hopes of prompting the "appointment of a special counsel".
President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress. "And some of the things that he said just weren't true", Trump said at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden on Friday.
The disclosures that followed Comey's firing have raised questions about why Comey, known in government for an independent streak and a willingness to buck protocol, did not speak out publicly while on the job, or at least make his objections directly known to the president.
Responding to the president's vow to testify under oath, CNN reporter Manu Raju asked on Twitter, "Will Trump regret this?"
The GOP still needs Donald Trump if it has any hope of accomplishing its legislative agenda and winning elections, and it's going to take more than James Comey's testimony to shake them.
However, Trump refused to say whether those private exchanges were taped.
When asked why Comey's testimony vindicated the president when it was his words versus Comey's, Trump said, "No collusion, no obstruction".
The White House and the president's personal lawyer vigorously vouched for Trump's integrity, saying he did not try to get the FBI to end the Michael Flynn investigation and also did not seek a loyalty pledge from Comey.
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May earlier on Saturday lost her two closest aides as she struggled to reassert her leadership after a crushing election setback. On Friday, May was expected to appoint a team that will take on one of the most demanding negotiations in British history.
"Well, I'll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future", Trump said, according to the AP.
"I didn't say under oath - I hardly know the man", the president said about Comey.
During more than two hours of testimony, Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee he believed Trump had directed him to drop an FBI probe into the Republican president's former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of the broader Russian Federation investigation. "I hope you can let this go".
Trump's private attorney, Marc Kasowitz, seized on the admission, casting the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director as one of the "leakers" set on undermining the Trump administration. House Speaker Paul Ryan tried to brush off the conclusion as Trump being new to the White House, but Sen.
Trump's private attorney, Marc Kasowitz, seized on Comey's admission that he had orchestrated the public release of the information.
Meanwhile, the Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives said today there was no question that Mr Trump abused his power in interactions with Mr Comey but she said it remained to be seen if he had obstructed justice.
Malcolm also said Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch was "dinged up" by Comey. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the committee, both said Thursday they believed Comey's account of the events.
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