Sentences with phrase «comey over the investigation»
«Trump would later fire Comey over the investigation.»
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The indictments against Manafort and Gates are the first since James Comey launched the investigation over a year ago.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the California Republican who chairs the committee, told Comey that revelations about the investigation had placed a «big gray cloud» over people trying to lead the country.
The White House has since denied the claims Trump pressed Comey to drop an investigation into former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, over his ties to Russia.
Still, some agents said there is lingering resentment over Comey's handling of the Clinton email probe — not necessarily because of the conclusions he drew, but because of the process decisions he made at various points in the investigation that left the bureau vulnerable to partisan attacks.
Trump later called Comey twice to complain about «the cloud» the Russia investigation was casting over the presidency and him personally, and asked Comey to make public statements that Trump was not personally being investigated into order to «lift the cloud.»
Clinton continued to face scrutiny over her use of a private email server as Secretary of State, burdened anew after an announcement in late October by FBI Director James Comey that agents would examine newly discovered emails to determine if they were relevant to an investigation he had previously announced as closed without charges.
That ranges from Mueller's past professional relationship with former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired in May over the investigation into Trump's former national security adviser; Mueller's role in a controversial uranium asset sale to Russia in 2010; and members of Mueller's staff who have been critical of Trump in private communications, including an FBI agent assigned to the team who texted a colleague that Trump was an «idiot.»
The loquacious attorney for Stormy Daniels pronounced himself «speechless» after Giuliani appeared to have outed Trump for lying about knowledge of the $ 130,000 payment to Avenatti's client and confirmed that Trump's firing of former FBI director James B. Comey was based on frustration over Comey's refusal to exonerate him in the Russia investigation.
Trump has tweeted that Comey is a liar, that the contemporaneous «memos» covering his interactions with the president that he turned over to the Mueller investigation are fictitious, and that he never demanded «loyalty» from him or attempted to interfere with the Russia investigation in any way.
Sessions has faced questions over whether his involvement in Comey's firing violates his pledge to recuse himself from investigations into Russian interference in the election.
The U.S. Senate voted 92 - 5 to confirm Christopher Wray, a former high - ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department, to head up the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was canned by Trump over the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.
The FBI is waiting to hand over James Comey's memos to Congress, with officials saying they need to assess the special counsel's impact on the investigation.
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested today he wouldn't be opposed to seeing FBI Director James Comey resign, due to fallout over his decision to reopen an investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server just days before the 2016 election.
Leading a Congressional Black Caucus rally in Columbus, Ohio, Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks vented his distress over Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey's «unbelievable letter» yesterday regarding newfound emails related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server, and darkly insinuated that the missive might have had politicalInvestigation Director James Comey's «unbelievable letter» yesterday regarding newfound emails related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server, and darkly insinuated that the missive might have had politicalinvestigation of Hillary Clinton's private server, and darkly insinuated that the missive might have had political motivations.
«Here's the @MerriamWebster definition of «pretext,» Bharara added at 12:09 a.m. Wednesday, suggesting that Trump fired Comey to thwart the FBI's investigation into Team Trump's possible Russian ties, not over Hillary Clinton's email probe, as the president's deputy attorney general had claimed.
Behind Rep. Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsHouse oversight GOP refuses to force DOJ official to answer census questions Dem urges House Oversight to subpoena Cambridge Analytica Dems want DOJ to hand over docs related to Comey conversation MORE (Md.), the Democrats have for months accused Republicans of selectively releasing information from their investigation to paint Clinton in an unfavorable light.
In the wake of Comey's firing Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R - Ariz., and Reps. Justin Amash, R - Mich., and Charles Dent, R - Pa., were among Republicans to call for a special prosecutor or an independent commission appointed by Congress to take over the investigation.