Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office interviewed former FBI Director James Comey last year, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
The Times cited two unnamed people briefed on the matter, and specified that the interview focused on memos that Comey wrote, while he was still FBI director, documenting his encounters with Trump.
The Times reported earlier Tuesday that the special counsel’s office had also interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week, amid reports that Trump and Sessions were pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to dismiss Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
As Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee in June of last year, a month after Trump fired him, the memos include an account of Trump pressuring him to drop the FBI’s investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, in addition to Trump’s request for Comey’s “loyalty.”
In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt after he fired Comey, Trump acknowledged that the FBI’s probe into Russian election meddling had motivated his decision.
“In fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won,” he said.
Is this new news? Because I thought we already knew that Mueller had interviewed Comey.
This isn’t shaping up to be a great week for Team Treason, is it?
So Nunes and the other lying little fks that think it’s OK to mislead the nation…shove THAT up your whatever. We are working diligently to get you beaten in your districts so I hope you’re having fun destroying the foundations of this country. Despicable.
Vultures are circling the Oval Office.
It looks like Mueller has finished his interviews with the junior varsity and is moving to the starting lineup. I’m anxious to see who emerges as the All-Pro QB.
I’m just waiting to hear that Mueller has secured as cooperating witnesses both Melania and Barron.