TRUMP RESPONDS TO COMEY: 'So many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication'
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!," Trump tweeted.
In public statements to the Senate intelligence committee, Comey testified under oath that he believes Trump fired him "because of the Russia investigation." Comey also said he wrote memos following meetings with the president because he was afraid Trump would lie about the nature of the meeting.
The former FBI director said the Trump administration tried to defame him, as well as the FBI. Comey called these statements "lies, plain and simple."
Trump's claim that Comey "is a leaker" appears to stem from an admission by the former FBI director that, through a friend, he passed on memos about his meetings with Trump to the press.
At least one major Democrat was quick to point out that Trump's tweet implies Comey lied under oath.
"Making a false statement to Congress is a felony," Sen. Brian Schatz tweeted. "This is not just another silly tweet."
- Average housing prices up 10% in Jan-Mar across the top eight cities
- Top visa-on-arrival picks for Indian explorers
- 451 million voters! First four phases of Lok Sabha elections witness 66.95% voter turnout so far
- Best hill stations near Delhi to escape May's heatwave
- India to surpass Japan, become world's fourth largest economy worth USD 4 trillion, in FY25: EAC-PM member
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market