Donald Trump Jr.: My father did tell James Comey he hoped Mike Flynn investigation would end
President Trump’s son confirmed his father did tell former FBI Director James Comey he hoped the investigation into his former national security adviser Mike Flynn would end, just days after the president’s lawyer denied Trump “directed or suggested” Comey kill the probe.
“When he tells you to do something, guess what? There’s no ambiguity in it, there’s no, ‘Hey, I’m hoping,'” Donald Trump Jr. told Fox News on Saturday. “You and I are friends: ‘Hey, I hope this happens, but you’ve got to do your job.’ That’s what he told Comey. And for this guy as a politician to then go back and write a memo: ‘Oh, I felt threatened.’ He felt so threatened — but he didn’t do anything.”
Off message here for Trump Jr. Says his father did tell Comey he hoped he let the Flynn investigation go. His dad says that's a lie. pic.twitter.com/oOhaFgZY4a
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 11, 2017
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“Do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice, or for that matter any criminal offense where they said, or thought, they hoped for an outcome?” Risch asked.
“I don’t know well enough to answer,” Comey began. “I took it as a direction. It is the president of the United States, and me alone, saying ‘I hope this.'”
“I took it as, this is what he wants me to do. I didn’t obey that, but that’s the way I took it,” Comey continued.
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Donald Trump Jr.: My father did tell James Comey he hoped Mike Flynn investigation would end https://t.co/qCVAqQuO4m pic.twitter.com/Zr0hrb3hVE
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 11, 2017
Well, my guess is this will clarified in a future sworn deposition in front of the independent counsel.
Unreal. https://t.co/1VuDuSxheJ
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) June 11, 2017
Donald Trump Jr. contradicts his father, says POTUS did tell Comey to let the Flynn thing go pic.twitter.com/wtsuEVWQBX
— Axios (@axios) June 11, 2017
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