“Contrary to numerous false press accounts leading up to today’s hearing, Mr. Comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told the<br />president privately: The president was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian interference,” Mr. Kasowitz’s statement said.<br />Mr. Comey said he began taking notes on his meetings with the president because, from his first interaction<br />with him, during the transition period, he thought Mr. Trump might lie about what was said.<br />Mr. Comey said Mr. Trump lied to the American public when he said that the F. B.I.<br />“I hear ‘I hope nothing happens but you have to do your job’”<br />He added: “very far from any kind of coercion or influence<br />and certainly not obstruction!” And then he continued: “Knowing my father for 39 years when he ‘orders or tells’ you to do something there is no ambiguity, you will know exactly what he means”<br />Focusing on Mr. Comey’s testimony that the president expressed hope<br />that he would drop the investigation into Mr. Flynn, the younger Mr. Trump wrote: “Hoping and telling are two very different things, you would think that a guy like Comey would know that.<br />director, testified that President Trump and others in his administration lied when they said agents had lost confidence in Mr. Comey.<br />Comey Testimony: Highlights of the Hearing -<br />By THE NEW YORK TIMESJUNE 8, 2017<br />James B. Comey, the former F. B.I.
