FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL: “Former FBI chief James Comey said Thursday [6-8-17]the Trump administration ‘chose to defame me,’ told ‘lies, plain and simple’ and that he was ‘confused’ by President Donald Trump saying he was fired due to the Russia probe.
‘The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying the organization was in disarray … those were lies,’ Comey said.
He told the Senate intelligence committee Thursday that the ‘shifting explanations’ from the White House for why Trump fired him last month ‘confused’ and increasingly concerned him.
Comey said he took particular exception to White House claims that the FBI was in disarray and that it was poorly led and had lost confidence in his leadership.
‘Those were lies, plain and simple, and I am so sorry that the FBI workforce had to hear them, and I am so sorry that the American people were told them,’ Comey said.
Comey seized center stage in a compelling national political drama as he testified that as soon as he met the President-elect during the transition, he decided to create a written record of their meetings.”
-Stephen Collinson, “James Comey: Trump administration lied, ‘chose to defame me’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 8, 2017 11:05am