{"id":33915,"date":"2017-06-09T05:59:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T05:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33915"},"modified":"2017-06-09T05:59:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T05:59:53","slug":"as-it-happened-former-fbi-director-james-comey-goes-before-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33915","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: Former FBI director James Comey goes before Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/enqZlgDv-tw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"excerpt FBIA\">A highly charged Senate hearing opened Thursday with fired FBI director James Comey to testify on his bombshell allegations suggesting President Donald Trump sought to interfere with a probe into Russian election meddling<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fb-quote fb_iframe_widget\"><strong>Activists prepare for Trump speech<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>Meanwhile, at a big political event in Washington, there are no TVs, or any sign that people are following the Comey hearing closely, ahead of an expected lunchtime speech from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The ballroom of the Omni Shoreham in northwest Washington is slowly filling up with activists from Ralph Reed\u2019s Faith and Freedom Coalition, the social conservatives\u2019 advocacy group that\u2019s hosting the president today as a lunch speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition has thrown itself behind the president\u2019s agenda, pushing for a sweeping executive order expanding religious rights but standing up for the White House when it fell short of some Christian activists\u2019 expectations, and lobbying House members early and often to support the GOP health care bill because of its provisions restricting federal funding for health care providers that carry out abortions, and for the coverage of the procedure in insurance plans.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Scene at Trump International Hotel<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>At the Trump International Hotel, three of four large TVs at the bar were tuned to CNN\u2019s coverage of the Comey hearing, though as is normally the case, the sound was turned off and incongruous oldies tunes wafted through the lobby. Captions relayed the words spoken for anyone who wanted to read the hearing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurameckler\/status\/872825912412299264\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" 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heading-2 unlocked\" data-reactid=\".lcrf1gc3cw.1.1.2.1.3.2.0.2.3.2:$2_1496934025.0.0.0.2\">President Donald Trump has so far stayed silent about the Comey hearings, but his son Donald Trump Jr called the former FBI director\u2019s testimony about Michael Flynn \u201cBS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks could signal how the White House and its Republican allies will address Comey\u2019s testimony \u2013 without giving an inch and arguing Comey didn\u2019t understand what the president was saying.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-33918 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_2-300x122.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2\" width=\"890\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_2-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_2.png 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33917\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_1-300x115.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_1\" width=\"743\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_1-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_1.png 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_6-300x113.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_6\" width=\"778\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_6-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot_6.png 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div 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suggesting President Donald Trump sought to interfere with a probe into Russian election meddling.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people squeezed into a jam-packed room, some waiting in line since early morning, for the historic hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, and US television channels were broadcasting the event across the country live.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday Comey released a statement detailing how Trump repeatedly badgered him earlier this year over the sensitive investigation into Russian interference and possible collusion with members of the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Senators were to focus on whether the actions of Trump, who fired Comey on May 9, added up to obstruction of justice, a serious crime that could potentially undermine the presidency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A highly charged Senate hearing opened Thursday with fired FBI director James Comey to testify on his bombshell allegations suggesting President Donald Trump sought to 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