Jun 08 WATCH: Comey’s testimony puts spotlight on President Trump By Erica Werner and Eric Tucker, Associated Press Watch James Comey’s testimony above as he faced a Senate Intel committee today. WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 election… Continue reading
Jun 08 Ranking intel Democrat calls Comey words ‘disturbing’ By Associated Press Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia will emphasize at today's committee hearing that the American people need to realize that what happened was that a president asked an FBI director to drop an ongoing investigation into a former national security adviser. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch 14:13 Comey’s statement to Congress reveals new details of talks with Trump about Russia probe By PBS News Hour Former FBI Director James Comey detailed his personal conversations with President Trump in a prepared statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released a day ahead of his much-anticipated hearing. Judy Woodruff discusses the revelations with Matt Apuzzo of The New… Continue watching
Jun 07 Two House Democrats launch longshot bid to impeach Trump By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press The effort by Reps. Al Green of Texas and Brad Sherman of California has little chance of success in the Republican-led House. They don't even have the backing of many fellow Democrats. Continue reading
Jun 07 Read James Comey’s prepared statement before Thursday’s Senate hearing By Laura Santhanam In his remarks, the fired FBI director detailed his interactions with President Donald Trump on several occasions. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Rosenstein, McCabe and Coats testify at Senate Intel hearing By Associated Press High-level Justice Department and FBI officials will testify before Congress today at 10 a.m. ET as part of a review of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that comes on the heels of continued scrutiny about the relationship between the Trump… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 6:53 Is the GOP’s ambitious to-do list running out of time? By PBS News Hour Members of Congress are back in Washington, ready to return to their legislative to-do lists. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate are diving right back into the debate over health care -- maybe the biggest item on the GOP… Continue watching
Jun 06 President Trump on Comey testimony: ‘I wish him luck’ By Julie Pace and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Trump's White House and its allies are also crafting a strategy aimed at undermining Comey's credibility. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 2:54 News Wrap: Trump won’t block Comey testimony By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump will not invoke executive privilege to try to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying before Congress this week. Also, the president endorsed a push to privatize the nation's air traffic control… Continue watching
Jun 05 Trump won’t block Comey’s testimony in Russia hearing, White House says By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying on Capitol Hill, the White House said Monday, setting the stage for a dramatic public airing of the former top law enforcement official's… Continue reading