In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
Source: Politico
Pence has said this week that Trump fired the FBI director following the recommendation of the DOJ, but the president himself said Thursday that wasn't the case.
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM , JOSH DAWSEY and TARA PALMERI 05/11/17 01:58 PM EDT
Vice President Mike Pence has once again delivered the White House line, in the face of growing contradictory evidence, on a charged topic related to Russias possible connections to the Trump campaign.
In meetings on Capitol Hill and in interviews, Pence has said this week that Trump fired FBI director James Comey on the recommendation of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.
Let me be very clear that the Presidents decision to accept the recommendation of the deputy attorney general and the attorney general to remove Director Comey as the head of the FBI was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interests of the American people and to ensuring that the FBI has the trust and confidence of the people this nation, Pence told reporters Wednesday. But Trump said in an interview with NBC on Thursday that hed planned to fire Comey no matter what Rosenstein told him. I was gonna fire regardless of recommendation, Trump told Lester Holt. Regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey.
People close to the White House say that Pence knew the president was thinking about firing Comey before he met with Rosenstein on Monday. Trump, these people said, was frustrated with Comeys testimony and the growing Russia investigation scrutiny into his campaign. He also disliked Comeys testimony last week on Capitol Hill, particularly the FBI directors use of the word nauseous to describe the election process.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/11/james-comey-fired-trump-contradict-pence-238274
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