This pretextual case, however, soon came undone when the president said on national television that the reason for the firing was actually because Trump didn't like the FBI's investigation of Russia's interference in our election and whether or not his campaign colluded in that cyberattack in any way.
The letter said the investigation will also probe Comey's testimony that Loretta Lynch, as President Barack Obama's attorney general, had directed him to describe an FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's email practices as merely a "matter" and to avoid calling it an investigation.
Mr Comey, who was sacked on May 9, told the Senate Intelligence Committee last week he believed President Trump dismissed him to undermine the FBI's Russian Federation probe. The White House has used a memo he wrote to justify Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, but that Trump action may now be part of the probe.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, listen as Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russian Federation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.
"Quite frankly, I was really, really surprised and disappointed with the deputy attorney general, who first-off appointed a special counsel when there was no articulation of any crime whatsoever", Kallstrom said.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Donald for obstruction of justice, according to the Washington Post.
The Washington Post reported late Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller was seeking interviews with three Trump administration officials who weren't involved in Trump's campaign: Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence; Michael Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency; and Richard Ledgett, the former NSA deputy director. For only the third time in the history of the country, the American president is the subject of a federal criminal investigation - a fact Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning.
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Sava said he was surprised by initial media reports that said Scalise was in stable condition. "He's in some trouble", Trump said. Barton, a Republican from Texas and the team's manager, joked that his players "wouldn't be this nice next year".
Trump fired Comey on May 9, but later in an interview on NBC said that the Russian Federation probe was on his mind when he made the decision to fire Comey.
Special counsel Mueller is following two major lines of investigation, a source told Reuters. Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations.
President Donald Trump's closest allies are attacking the integrity of those involved in the widening probe of Russian interference in the US election, accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of driving a biased investigation. After that story fell apart, Trump did subsequently tell NBC News that he was going to fire Comey regardless of any recommendation and that he did so over the Russian Federation probe.
"After 7 months of investigations & committee hearings about my 'collusion with the Russians, ' nobody has been able to show any proof".
Comey testified under oath to the Senate intelligence committee earlier in June that Trump told him in a private conversation: "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go".
Trump, however, referred to the Post's reporting as a "phony" story in a tweet Thursday. US Presidents have extraordinary powers and immunity from law and the Justice Department has long held that a sitting President should not be indicted.
Trump has called The Washington Post report a "phony story" and a "WITCH HUNT". Comey also said he took Trump's request that he drop the Flynn probe as "direction" and an "order".
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