US President Donald Trump insists he always intended to sack FBI Director James Comey, contradicting earlier remarks that he acted on the recommendation of top Justice officials.
In his first television interview since setting off a political storm with the abrupt dismissal, Trump said he intended to fire -“showboat and grandstander” Comey regardless of recommendations. His remarks come just hours after the White House said Comey’s dismissal was as a result of his handling of a probe into emails of former presidential contender Hillary Clinton. Elsewhere, in his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the FBI’s acting head Andrew McCabe contradicted Trump’s earlier account that the agency had been in turmoil before he fired Comey. McCabe also said the FBI would pursue an investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Democrats have accused Trump of trying to foil the FBI’s probe into Moscow’s alleged interference in the election.
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