White House officials initially said President Trump acted based on the recommendation of Justice Department officials,
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White House officials initially said President Trump acted based on the recommendation of Justice Department officials,
but Mr. Trump later said he would have fired the F. B.I.
In his first extended comments on the firing on Thursday, Mr. Trump contradicted statements made by his White House spokeswoman as well as comments made to reporters by Vice President Mike Pence
and even the letter the president himself signed and sent to Mr. Comey informing him of his dismissal.
“I think it’s a good idea.”
Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent for Reuters
and the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said the group would object to canceling briefings.
Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on ‘Tapes’ -
By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEARMAY 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F. B.I.
Mr. Trump and his White House aides later refused to say whether the president tapes his visitors,
something Mr. Trump was suspected of doing when he was in business in New York.
“For a president who baselessly accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him,
that Mr. Trump would suggest that he, himself, may have engaged in such conduct is staggering,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
but Mr. Trump later said he would have fired the F. B.I.
In his first extended comments on the firing on Thursday, Mr. Trump contradicted statements made by his White House spokeswoman as well as comments made to reporters by Vice President Mike Pence
and even the letter the president himself signed and sent to Mr. Comey informing him of his dismissal.
“I think it’s a good idea.”
Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent for Reuters
and the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said the group would object to canceling briefings.
Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on ‘Tapes’ -
By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEARMAY 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F. B.I.
Mr. Trump and his White House aides later refused to say whether the president tapes his visitors,
something Mr. Trump was suspected of doing when he was in business in New York.
“For a president who baselessly accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him,
that Mr. Trump would suggest that he, himself, may have engaged in such conduct is staggering,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.