Mueller’s report makes note of Trump’s decision to fire Comey after he testified before Congress on May 3, 2017. ... Trump notified aides on May 5, 2017, that he was going to fire Comey, and did so on May 7. ..…
But Comey refused Trump’s request, just as McGahn shrugged off Trump’s order to fire Mueller. . ..…
Comey May 2017, Trump met Russian and Russian in Oval Office, them Comey was a nut job and. FBI was worried about Trump's around the time of Comey's — the event that led to Mueller's appointment as special counsel. ..…
Mueller's final report detailed multiple instances in 2017 and 2018 in which Trump desperately sought to derail the probe, including firing FBI James Comey, demanding that Mueller be removed, publicly dangling pardon offers to witnesses.. Mueller's report said there was substantial..…
Trump was worried about Comey, too. During the lunch, he asked Christie to call Comey, a friend. ... Trump was fixated on the FBI director. Bannon recalled that he brought up Comey at least eight times May 3 and May 4. ..…
It also said there was “substantial evidence” that Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in 2017 due to his “unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation.” . ..…
Trump sought to influence FBI's investigation of his former advisor, Michael Flynn, by asking then-FBI Director Comey to consider letting Flynn go, siding with Comey's of meeting that Trump has denied... ..…
Kushner tried to stay in the room before Trump fired Comey. . At 4 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2017, following a Homeland Security briefing, Trump dismissed those gathered and asked to speak alone to FBI Director James Comey. ..…
The 10 episodes presented are wide ranging, from the circumstances of FBI Director James Comey's firing, to the allegation that Trump asked White House legal counsel Don McGahn to request that Justice Department fire Mueller.. ..…
The evidence does not establish that the termination of Comey was designed to cover up conspiracy between Trump Campaign and Russia, .. ..…
But in May of 2017 when he fired the FBI Director James Comey, Trump’s approval ratings took a beating. ... There may be something in the redacted report that changes public opinion, but as Trump’s former aid Steve Bannon once noted, the president’s firing of FBI Director..…
From the firing of FBI Director James Comey to Trump efforts to shut down and to interfere with Mueller's investigation, there's credible case of obstruction of justice against the president, .. ..…
Following former FBI Director James Comey's to Congress on March 20, 2017 when Comey revealed that FBI was investigating Russian interference and whether Trump campaign coordinated with that effort Mueller said that the president was beside himself... ..…
The events examined in the report include Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, efforts to stop then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing from the Russia probe, demands that White House Counsel Don McGahn act to remove Mueller, false statements to the public about the..…
The incidents scrutinized by Mueller's team include Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, the president's directive to subordinates to have Mueller fired and efforts to encourage witnesses not to cooperate.. ..…
Investigators had looked at Trump's response to reports about Russia's support of his campaign, his firing of FBI Director James Comey, his behavior about charges against his former Paul Manafort and former Michael Flynn, and his efforts to get rid of Mueller himself.. ..…
It was former CIA Director John Brennan who, based on intelligence on Trump campaign, pushed then- FBI Director James Comey to open the investigation into Trump campaign.. ..…
Republicans have also criticized the appointment of a special counsel in the first place, which took place days after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017 and was a likely focus of Mueller’s obstruction investigation. Comey’s leaking of memos on his..…
President Trump fires Comey . President Trump fires FBI Director , citing Comey’s handling of the FBI investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server. . . ... Comey confirms investigation into coordination between..…
At the time, Trump fired Comey upon the recommendation of both Sessions and Rosenstein over Comey's mishandling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails during the 2016 campaign.. McCabe wrote February in Atlantic in which he disputed Trump's and Sander's of..…