Putin trolls Comey: "We would offer political asylum if he's persecuted in US" for leaking to media
Vladimir Putin Trolls James Comey Over ‘Strange’ Memo Leak
“We would be ready to offer political asylum to Comey if he’s persecuted in the U.S.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin took a jab at former FBI Director James Comey Thursday by offering him asylum in Russia should he face political prosecution in the U.S. for leaking information to the media.
Comey told the Senate intelligence committee last week that he shared a copy of a memo describing conversations he had with President Donald Trump with a friend and encouraged him to leak it to the media.
Putin called the move “really strange” and compared Comey to whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has sought asylum in Russia since 2013 after leaking classified documents from the National Security Agency.
“It looks really strange when you memorize your conversation with the commander-in-chief and then you leak it to the press,” Putin said during a televised question-and-answer session with a selected group of Russians. “Does it make him any different to Mr. Snowden?”
“We would be ready to offer political asylum to Comey if he’s persecuted in the U.S.,” he added.
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