No collusion. No obstruction. And I’m 100 per cent willing to speak under oath about what REALLY happened with Comey says Trump
Donald Trump tweeted about James Comey’s testimony on Friday morning – breaking his silence on the matter
Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday
He laid bare months of White House distrust in his highly anticipated testimony
Revealed he’d orchestrated the public release of information about his private conversations with the president in an effort to further the investigation
Trump and his lawyers have set out to brand him a leaker, and they’re filing a formal complaint with the Senate and the Department of Justice
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
9 June 2017
President Donald Trump said Friday that James Comey’s testimony yesterday absolved him of colluding with the Russians to disrupt the election and did not show that he obstructed justice.
He also also said he did not ask for Comey’s loyalty and that he never asked him to halt an FBI investigation into Mike Flynn, relying on his former FBI director’s credibility and tearing it down again whenever it suited him.
Trump said during a news conference that he’d be willing to attest to his version of the story under oath and that he’d tell the Department of Justice’s special counsel the same thing.
‘No collusion. No obstruction. He’s a leaker,’ Trump said in a summary of his position.
Trump’s battle with Comey dominated a joint presser, where he played up a suggestion that he has tapes of their conversations. The president also contended that Democrats made up charges of collusion against him to undermine his election.
He seemed to revel in the attention Comey’s blockbuster hearing was getting him as he took questions from Romanian and US press.
‘Well, I’ll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future,’ he told the Washington Times’ Dave Boyer after the newspaperman asked him for audio evidence.
Trump surveyed reporters seated on his side of the news conference before he settled on an ABC News correspondent during a second round of questioning from American journalists.
The reporter, Jonathan Karl, probed Trump on the tapes, his willingness to testify and a set of tweets this morning that accused Comey of making false statements.
Their extended back and forth was interrupted by other reporters shouting ‘when’ to Trump in unison.
‘Are their tapes, sir?’ one journalist shouted out. Another asked if he could see them first.
‘Oh, you’re going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. Don’t worry,’ Trump responded.
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