Tag: James Comey FBI

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  Trump's firing of FBI Director, “the biggest mistake in modern political history”

  

  Ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says President Trump's firing of the FBI's director was the biggest mistake in “modern political history”. Mr Bannon told CBS News if James Comey had not been sacked, a special counsel would not have been appointed to probe alleged Russian election meddling.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 10:43 UTC

  Fired ex FBI chief claims Trump spread “lies”, could have obstructed justice and fired him over Russiagate

  

  Former FBI Director James Comey asserted on Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading “lies, plain and simple.” Comey also revealed that he'd orchestrated the public release of information about his private conversations with the president in an effort to further the investigation.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:06 UTC

  Trump in deep water: Congress demands FBI turns over documents of Comey with the president

  

  United States House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is demanding the FBI hand over all documents detailing communications between President Donald Trump and fired agency Director James Comey within the next week.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  Majority of US citizens want an “independent investigation” into Trump-Russia links, shows Reuters/Ipsos poll

  

  A majority of US citizens including a growing number of Republicans, want to see an “independent investigation” sort out any connections between Russia and President Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 13:54 UTC

  FBI chief fired after refusing to preview with Trump officials his testimony to the Senate

  

  Anger behind president Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday had been building for months, but a turning point came when Comey refused to preview for top Trump aides his planned testimony to a Senate panel, White House officials said.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 05:56 UTC

  Democrats outraged by Trump's sacking of FBI chief in the midst of the Russia investigation

  

  US Democrats said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump´s firing of FBI director James Comey may be an effort to undermine the investigation of possible collusion between his team and Russia, demanding an independent investigation.