Headline Roundup • June 7th, 2017
Comey’s Testimony
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WASHINGTON — Former FBI director James Comey confirmed in stunning detail Wednesday that President Trump privately requested his loyalty and later urged him to drop the investigation into ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a preview of his highly anticipated testimony.
In his opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released less than 24 hours before the hearing was set to begin, James Comey described a meeting wherein President Trump expressed hope that an FBI investigation into Mike Flynn would clear the former national security adviser of wrongdoing.
WASHINGTON — The former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, plans to tell senators on Thursday in highly anticipated testimony about a wide-ranging effort by President Trump to influence the F.B.I.’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election, including repeatedly asking Mr. Comey to announce that the president was not personally under investigation.
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