James Comey to testify before Senate intl. committee

 Former FBI director, James Comey, says he was fired because of a probe into Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s US presidential election.

Comey was testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his interactions with Donald Trump, before and after the president’s inauguration. The former FBI chief said he took as a direction Trump's remark that he hoped Comey would drop an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Comey added that he has no doubt Moscow interfered with the US election. Last month, Trump set a political firestorm after he sacked the FBI chief citing what he called Comey’s poor performance.