Is Donald Trump, who effectively accused James Comey of perjury, now prepared to answer questions under oath? It sure sounds like it.<\/b>
\nDonald Trump and his team already seemed prepared to moving towards a contest of credibility with former FBI Director James Comey, but at a White House press conference this afternoon, the president took the dispute to a whole new level.
A reporter asked Trump why he feels \u201cvindicated\u201d by Comey\u2019s Senate testimony, and asked about whether the president has tapes of his interactions, as Trump has previously suggested. On the issue of recordings, the president said, cryptically, \u201cWell I\u2019 ll tell you about that sometime in the very near future, \u201d before adding:
Oh. So, according to the president \u2013 who seemed to be glancing down at some notes while speaking \u2013 we should believe the parts of Comey\u2019s testimony that Trump liked, but we should believe the former FBI director perjured himself on the parts that Trump didn\u2019 t like.
Later in the press conference, the president again insisted that Comey\u2019s claims \u2013 specifically on whether Trump pressed Comey on letting up on Michael Flynn and the question of whether Trump demanded loyalty \u2013 weren\u2019 t true, and it led to an awkward exchange:
The way the Q&A unfolded, it certainly sounded as if Trump said he\u2019s prepared to testify under oath, which would raise the stakes on the investigation considerably. Watch this space.<\/p>\n

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