RELIGION/SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sought comfort in the figurative embrace of his evangelical supporters Thursday [6-8-17] as the FBI director he recently fired told Congress about their conversations, telling a religious gathering that they are ‘under siege’ but will emerge ‘bigger and better and stronger than ever.’
Trump made no reference to Comey in his remarks to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual gathering. But hours before the president arrived to make his first public comments of the day, Comey told the Senate intelligence committee that Trump tried to get him to pledge loyalty and drop an investigation into potential collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign.
Trump abruptly fired Comey on May 9. A private attorney for Trump said the president never asked Comey to stop investigating anyone.
In his remarks to the conference, Trump pledged to always support the right of evangelicals to follow their faith, which some conservatives believe is under attack by government.”
-Darlene Superville, “Trump to evangelicals: We’re ‘under siege,’ will be stronger,” Associated Press, June 8, 2017 3:00pm