{"id":33942,"date":"2017-06-10T07:54:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T07:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33942"},"modified":"2017-06-10T07:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T07:54:31","slug":"trump-says-100-percent-ready-to-testify-under-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33942","title":{"rendered":"Trump says ‘100 percent’ ready to testify under oath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"trumppp1\"US President Donald Trump punched back Friday against James Comey, accusing the ousted FBI director of lying about their private conversations — and saying he is “100 percent” willing to testify under oath.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Comey delivered scathing testimony a day earlier in a highly anticipated Senate hearing, saying Trump sought to derail a probe into onetime national security advisor Michael Flynn — at best, a political miscalculation, and at worst a criminal obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n

Trump was addressing reporters at the White House for the first time since Comey's explosive appearance, in which he branded the president a liar and said he believed he was fired over his handling of the FBI probe into Russian election meddling.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday showed no collusion, no obstruction,” Trump said in reference to the twin controversies dogging his administration — accusations his aides colluded with the Russian effort to tilt the vote, and that he sought to block the related Flynn probe.<\/p>\n

Trump lashed out at Comey, dubbing him a “leaker” for indirectly providing reporters with the contents of his memos summarizing their private conversations in the weeks before he was sacked. A person close to Trump's legal team has said a complaint would be filed with the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

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“Some of the things that he said just weren't true,” added the president, who — when asked if he would be willing to speak under oath to special prosecutor Robert Mueller about the encounters — responded: “100 percent.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I would be glad to tell him exactly what I just told you,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

The White House has seized on Comey's confirmation that Trump personally was not under investigation over his ties to Russia to declare a victory of sorts.<\/p>\n

The Republican president took to twitter earlier in the day, claiming “total and complete vindication.”<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has also highlighted the fact Comey stopped short of accusing the president of obstructing justice — a potentially impeachable offense. The former FBI chief has said the decision was now in the hands of special counsel Mueller.<\/p>\n

Questioned about Comey's central claim that Trump told him to lay off Flynn, the president responded: “I didn't say that.”<\/p>\n

“And there would be nothing wrong if I did say it, according to everybody that I read today.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump punched back Friday against James Comey, accusing the ousted FBI director of lying about their private conversations — and saying he is “100 percent” willing to testify under oath. Comey delivered scathing testimony a day earlier in a highly anticipated Senate hearing, saying Trump sought to derail a probe into onetime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n