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Comey Memo Fallout: Senate Committee Invites Comey to Testify
Source: New York Times
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Comey Memo Fallout: Senate Committee Invites Comey to Testify
By THE NEW YORK TIMES UPDATED 2:45 PM
■ The Senate Intelligence Committee invited the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to testify on reports that President Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser.
■ Representative Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican, said that if the allegations were true, they constituted grounds for impeachment.
■ Mr. Trump delivered the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy. In his address he complained that no politician has “been treated worse or more unfairly” than he has.
A Senate panel invited Comey to testify.
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday invited Mr. Comey to testify in both open and closed-door hearings, offering him the opportunity to address reports Mr. Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Mr. Flynn.
“I don’t think I know any member that I’ve talked to, publicly or privately, Democrat or Republican, that doesn’t think that Jim Comey deserves a chance to tell his side of the story,” said Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee’s top Democrat.
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Comey Memo Fallout: Senate Committee Invites Comey to Testify
By THE NEW YORK TIMES UPDATED 2:45 PM
■ The Senate Intelligence Committee invited the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to testify on reports that President Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser.
■ Representative Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican, said that if the allegations were true, they constituted grounds for impeachment.
■ Mr. Trump delivered the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy. In his address he complained that no politician has “been treated worse or more unfairly” than he has.
A Senate panel invited Comey to testify.
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday invited Mr. Comey to testify in both open and closed-door hearings, offering him the opportunity to address reports Mr. Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Mr. Flynn.
“I don’t think I know any member that I’ve talked to, publicly or privately, Democrat or Republican, that doesn’t think that Jim Comey deserves a chance to tell his side of the story,” said Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee’s top Democrat.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/trump-comey-fbi.html