Spicer Says Trump ‘Wants To Get To The Bottom’ Of Reports On Comey Memo

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer participates in a briefing at the White House in Washington, DC,. Credit: Chris Kleponis / CNPWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer participates in a briefing at the White Ho... White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer participates in a briefing at the White House in Washington, DC,. Credit: Chris Kleponis / CNPWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer participates in a briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2017. White House press briefing, Washington DC, USA - 16 May 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday said President Donald Trump “wants to get to the bottom” of reports that fired FBI Director James Comey documented a conversation in which Trump asked him to shut down the bureau’s investigation into Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

Gaggling with reporters aboard Air Force One, Spicer declined to say whether Trump would be willing to waive executive privilege about his conversations with Comey.

“He wants the truth in these investigations, to get to the bottom of this situation,” Spicer told reporters. “There’s two investigations going on in the House and Senate and he wants to get to the bottom of this.”

The press secretary didn’t offer much more on the bombshell New York Times report, saying only, “The President has been very clear that the account that’s been published is not an accurate description of how the event occurred.”

Trump, who is usually quick to respond to unflattering news coverage, in fact has not commented directly on the report, and has not tweeted in almost 24 hours. He did, however, make an oblique reference to incidents “that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted” in a commencement speech Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Pressed on Trump’s uncharacteristic Twitter silence, Spicer said he has “been clear” on the White House’s position and did not offer any further explanation for the ongoing lull.

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  1. these fools will NEVER get to the bottom of anything

  2. While Trump is at it maybe he could hazard a guess as to why the Menendez brothers are orphans.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    What Trump wants to get to the bottom of is who is leaking all this information to the media.

    Trump said something along the lines of Erdogan has it right and maybe we should be jailing reporters. That statement in itself ought to be enough for Republicans to abandon him, but of course, it won’t be.

  4. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    Meaning, “Who the hell leaked it?” Right?

  5. “The President has been very clear that the account that’s been published is not an accurate description of how the event occurred.”

    Ah, but since he sent Pence and Sessions out of the room, he doesn’t even have his toadies to back him up – it’s his word against Comey’s (and Comey’s contemporaneous notes).

    Unless, of course, Trump really does have a recording of the conversation. But since it’s a near-certainty that a recording would back up Comey’s version over Trump’s, that would only make Trump’s problem infinitely worse. Not to mention what a revelation that Trump routinely (or even sporadically) recorded his private meetings would mean to the investigation as a whole. Given how badly Trump incriminates himself in public, one can only imagine the arsenal of smoking guns that could be found in his private conversations.

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