James Comey says he believes he lost his job as head of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation because of its investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 elections. Comey served as the FBI’s director until last month. Then President Donald Trump ordered his dismissal. Comey met with a U.S. Senate committee Thursday. He accused Trump of not being truthful when he said he fired Comey because FBI agents no longer trusted his leadership and that the agency was in disarray. Those were lies, plain and simple. Comey went further then he did in written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Those written statements were released on Wednesday. In the earlier testimony, the former FBI director said he and the president spoke about Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Comey said Trump told him that he hoped he would drop an investigation into Flynn’s possible connections to Russian officials. Comey remembered the president saying, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go.” He also said that Trump told him during a private White House dinner: “I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.” That was troubling, Comey said, because the FBI is supposed to operate independently of the president.
Title: Comey Says Trump Lied
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/trump_lied.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Comey Says Trump Lied' data-article-id='2432'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='21083'>James Comey says he believes he lost his job as head of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation because of its investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 elections.</span> <span data-start-time='21083' data-end-time='28021'>Comey served as the FBI’s director until last month.</span> <span data-start-time='28021' data-end-time='33854'>Then President Donald Trump ordered his dismissal.</span> <span data-start-time='33854' data-end-time='39708'>Comey met with a U.S. Senate committee Thursday.</span> <span data-start-time='39708' data-end-time='58750'>He accused Trump of not being truthful when he said he fired Comey because FBI agents no longer trusted his leadership and that the agency was in disarray.</span> <span data-start-time='58750' data-end-time='62146'>Those were lies, plain and simple.</span> <span data-start-time='62146' data-end-time='68729'>Comey went further then he did in written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee.</span> <span data-start-time='68729' data-end-time='73813'>Those written statements were released on Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='73813' data-end-time='86521'>In the earlier testimony, the former FBI director said he and the president spoke about Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.</span> <span data-start-time='86521' data-end-time='97583'>Comey said Trump told him that he hoped he would drop an investigation into Flynn’s possible connections to Russian officials.</span> <span data-start-time='97583' data-end-time='106208'>Comey remembered the president saying, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go.”</span> <span data-start-time='106208' data-end-time='111917'>He also said that Trump told him during a private White House dinner:</span> <span data-start-time='111917' data-end-time='116563'>“I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.”</span> <span data-start-time='116563' data-end-time='125771'>That was troubling, Comey said, because the FBI is supposed to operate independently of the president.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/trump_lied.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8801 data-hint-location='39708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/what_does_disarray_mean.m4a'>What does disarray mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='confusion'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/written.m4a'><span>written</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/ambiguous.m4a'><span>ambiguous</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/confusion.m4a'><span>confusion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/orderly.m4a'><span>orderly</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8802 data-hint-location='111917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/what_did_trump_say_he_wanted.m4a'>What did Trump say he wanted?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='loyalty'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/loyalty.m4a'><span>loyalty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/leadership.m4a'><span>leadership</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/truth.m4a'><span>truth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/cooperation.m4a'><span>cooperation</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8803 data-hint-location='28021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/trump_ordered_the_directors__blank_.m4a'>Trump ordered the directors <span class='blank'>dismissal</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='dismissal'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/loyalty.m4a'><span>loyalty</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/dismissal.m4a'><span>dismissal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/betrayal.m4a'><span>betrayal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1915/dinner.m4a'><span>dinner</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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