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"Comey infuriated Trump with refusal to preview Senate testimony-aides" (Original Post) Nevermypresident May 2017 OP
Good. C_U_L8R May 2017 #1
Sessions is in this up to his beady eyes mcar May 2017 #2
how is that not tampering with a senate investigation? of himself???? spanone May 2017 #3
+1 Lucinda May 2017 #4
Oh My! malaise May 2017 #5

mcar

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2. Sessions is in this up to his beady eyes
Wed May 10, 2017, 08:22 PM
May 2017

From the linked piece:

Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had wanted a heads-up from Comey about what he would say at a May 3 hearing about his handling of an investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

When Comey refused, Trump and his aides considered that an act of insubordination and it was one of the catalysts to Trump’s decision this week to fire the FBI director, the officials said.
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