President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized former FBI Director James Comey for saying he doesn\u2019t recall the answers to questions during his Friday Congressional testimony\u2026<\/b>
\nPresident Donald Trump on Sunday criticized former FBI Director James Comey for saying he doesn\u2019t recall the answers to questions during his Friday Congressional testimony behind closed doors.
On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn\u2019t know, didn\u2019t recall, or couldn\u2019t remember things when asked. Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) \u2013 didn\u2019t know who signed off and didn\u2019t know Christopher Steele. All lies!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9,2018
Leakin\u2019 James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now exposed!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9,2018
Former FBI director James Comey laughs while answering questions during an interview forum at the Washington Post May 8,2018 in Washington, DC. Comey discussed his stormy tenure as head of the FBI, his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, his tense relationship with President Trump and his controversial firing a year ago, during the forum. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)
Comey\u2019s Friday testimony was published nearly 24 hours after he appeared before the joint House Oversight and Judiciary Committees to discuss investigations pertinent to the 2016 presidential election. Comey claimed on dozens of occasions that he did not recall or he did not know the answer to key questions regarding the FBI\u2019s initiation of an investigation against the Trump campaign in 2016.
Comey will appear before the committee once again in a month for a follow-up session. The former FBI director refused to answer many questions regarding the Trump campaign investigation, saying he did not want to compromise an ongoing investigation. (RELATED: Comey Sues To Block Subpoena For House Testimony)
Former FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia\u2019s alleged interference in the 2016 U. S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U. S., June 8,2017. REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst
The president tweeted Friday that he wanted his FBI to allow Comey to answer questions freely.
It is being reported that Leakin\u2019 James Comey was told by Department of Justice attorneys not to answer the most important questions. Total bias and corruption at the highest levels of previous Administration. Force him to answer the questions under oath!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7,2018
Comey told the committee that he did not know when he was fired as FBI director whether there was any proven collusion with the Russian government.
\u201cWe opened them in late July, didn\u2019t know whether we had anything. In fact, when I was fired as director, I still didn\u2019t know whether there was anything to it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n