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>>> CONTRADICTING COMEY.
WHITE HOUSE RESPOND TO FORMER
FBI DIRECTOR TESTIMONY ON THE
HILL ABOUT WHY HE DOCUMENTED A
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> HONESTLY CONCERNED HE MIGHT
LIE ABOUT THE NATURE OF OUR
MEETING.
>> NO.
I CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THE
PRESIDENT ITS NOT A LIAR.
I THINK IT'S FRANKLY INSULTING
THE QUESTION WOULD BE ASKED.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP REMAINS
MOSTLY SILENT TONIGHT BUT TOLD
A GROUP OF SUPPORTERS TODAY
THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION IS
QUOTE UNDER SIEGE BUT WILL
EMERGE BIGGER AND BETTER AND
STRONGER THAN EVER.
>> KEY POINTS FROM TODAY
TESTIMONY BROADCAST LIVE.
HE SAID THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION QUOTE CHOSE TO
DEFAME ME AND THE FBI USING LI
DEFAME ME AND THE FBI USING
LIES.
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
HE BELIEVES PRESIDENT WAS LOOK
TO GO GET SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE
FOR GRANTING HIS REQUEST TO
STAY IN THE JOB.
COMEY THINKS HE WAS FIRED
BECAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATION AND REGARDING THE
PRESIDENT TWEET ABOUT POTENTIAL
RECORDINGS OF ONE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS, COMEY SAID TODAY
QUOTE, LORD I HOPE THERE ARE
TAPES.
TONIGHT WE GET PERSPECTIVE FROM
THE FORMER FBI AGENT AND WE ARE
BREAKING DOWN THE COMEY
TESTIMONY.
>> TRUMP PERSONAL ATTORNEY
FIRING BACK SAYING JAMES COMEY
IS A LEAKER AND DENIED THE
PRESIDENT EVER TRIED TO
INFLUENCE THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
AND SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP FEELS
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY
VINDICATED.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT THAT USING
TECHNICAL INTRUSION AND OTHER
METHODS TRIED TO SHAPE THE WAY
WE THINK, WE VOTE, WE ACT.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO RECOGNIZE
IT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT REPUBLICANS OR
DEMOCRATS.
THEY ARE COMING AFTER AMERICA
WHICH I HOPE WE ALL LOVE
EQUALLY.
>> FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES
COMEY TRYING TO RELAY THE
IMPORTANCE O THE FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN
MEDDLING IN OUR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
HE ADMITTED UNDER OATH DURING
QUESTIONING THAT HE FELT
PRESSURE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
TO DROP A POTENTIAL
INVESTIGATION INTO MICHAEL
FLYNN.
>> I TOOK IT AS A DIRECTION.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WITH ME ALONE SAYING I HOPE
THIS.
I TOOK IT AS THIS IS WHAT HE
WANTS KNOW DO.
I DIDN'T OBEY THAT BUT THAT'S
THE WAY I TOOK IT.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
>> CORRECT.
>> THE CONVERSATION HAPPENED
BETWEEN THE TWO IN THE OVAL
OFFICE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED THE
CONVERSATION MAY HAVE BEEN
RECORDED.
>> Y SEENT TWEET ABOUT TAICHLTS
I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES.
>>Reporter: THREAT OF THE
TAPES LED HIM TO LEAK A MEMO TO
THE FRIEND TO GET TO THE MEDIA.
PRESIDENT PERSONAL ATTORNEY
HANDLING ALL RUSSIAN RELATED
MATTERS SEIZED ON THAT.
>> IT IS OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AND
CONTINUE TO BE THOSE IN
GOVERNMENT WHO ARE ACTIVELY
ATTEMPTING TO UNDERMINE THIS
ADMINISTRATION, MR. COMEY HAS
NOW ADMITTED THAT HE IS ONE OF
THESE LEAKERS.
>>Reporter: LEAK BROUGHT UP BY
SENATOR RUBIO.
>> EVER WONDER WHY OF ALL THE
THING IN THE INVESTIGATION THE
ONLY THING NEVER LEAKED IS THE
FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT
PERSONALLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>>Reporter: BUT THERE WERE
SOME QUESTIONS WHERE COMEY
THOUGHT HIS ANSWERS WERE JUST
TOO SENSITIVE TO GIVE.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP
CONCLUDED WITH RUSSIA.
>> QUESTION I DON'T THINK
ISSUED ANSWER IN AN OPEN
SETTING AS I SAID WHEN I LEFT
WE DID NOT HAVE AN
INVESTIGATION FOCUSED ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BUT THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WILL
BE ANSWERED BY THE
INVESTIGATION, I THINK.
>>Reporter: AT ONE POINT
DURING THE HEARING DEMOCRAT OF
WEST VIRGINIA ASKED COMEY IF HE
FELT THE SITUATION RISES TO
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
COMEY RESPONDED THAT HE DIDN'T
KNOW BUT HE WAS CONFIDENT THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL WILL SORT THAT
OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
AFTER COMEY TESTIMONY TODAY WE
SPOKE TO THE CEO OF RISK
CONFIDENCE GROUP AND A FORMER
FBI WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE COMEY
SHE SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THE
BOMB SHELL DURING TODAY'S
HEARING.
>> HE CALLED THE PRESIDENT A
LIAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE YOU
INTERPRET HIS TESTIMONY.
PRETTY CLEAR.
LIE IS A VERY, YOU PE UP IT IN
HIS STATEMENT THAT I READ AND
IN HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS
TODAY.
SECOND WAS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT
LORETTA LYNCH ASKING HIM TO
TONE DOWN HIS LANGUAGE.
I THINK THAT MAKES SOME SENSE
NOW WHY HE MADE HIS STATEMENT.
THIRDLY, WAS THE FACT THAT
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HE
LEAK INFORMATION.
HIS ABILITY TO REMEMBER
SOMETHING THIS WAS A VERY
SENSITIVE, HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED
INVESTIGATION.
A LOT OF IS NO OUT THERE OF
THINGS THAT WERE NOT ACCURATE.
THINGS PURPORTED TO BE