Weeks after taking office, President Trump asked FBI Director James Comey in a phone call when the FBI would publicly announce that he was not personally under investigation, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Comey, at the time, advised the president to go send the request to the Justice Department through White House counsel, rather than contacting him directly.
The top cop, who was abruptly fired by Trump last week, had reportedly grown concerned over a number of interactions with Trump and other White House officials that he felt compromised the FBI’s autonomy.
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In a letter to Comey notifying him of his termination last week, Trump thanks the FBI director for telling him “on three separate occasions” that he is not under investigation. But it remains unclear what Trump was referring to or whether Comey actually told him he was not being probed.
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Trump asked Comey when FBI would announce he was not personally under investigation: report https://t.co/jZoV0qkewx pic.twitter.com/4wjtQYaOBN
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