Trump Told Russians the Comey Firing Eased the Pressure
Newly reported details from the White House’s own account of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Russian officials made the Comey firing look even worse: Trump apparently told them he was under pressure from the Russia investigation and that firing Comey had relieved it. That is the kind of sentence you do not want to hear attached to a president already scrambling to explain why he fired the FBI director. The political damage was immediate, because it reinforced the suspicion that the dismissal was tied to the Russia probe rather than the official paperwork. It also made the administration’s earlier denials look flimsy at best.
First recorded May 19, 2017·Meaningfully updated May 19, 2017
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Trump Told Russians the Comey Firing Eased the Pressure
Newly reported details from the White House’s own account of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Russian officials made the Comey firing look even worse: Trump apparently told them he was under pressure from the Russia investigation and that firing Comey had relieved it. That is the kind of sentence you do not want to hear attached to a president already scrambling to explain why he fired the FBI director. The political damage was immediate, because it reinforced the suspicion that the dismissal w…
Newly reported details from the White House’s own account of Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Russian officials made the Comey firing look even worse: Trump apparently told them he was under pressure from the Russia investigation and that firing Comey had relieved it. That is the kind of sentence you do not want to hear attached to a president already scrambling to explain why he fired the FBI director. The politica…
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