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factfinder_77

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Fri May 19, 2017, 07:07 PM May 2017

NYT: Trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased great pressure from probe

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Source: NYT

WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting.

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0

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NYT: Trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased great pressure from probe (Original Post) factfinder_77 May 2017 OP
Drip drip drip is becoming a flood, isn't it? K&R emulatorloo May 2017 #1
Duplicate of LBN thread on Home page Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #2
Donald, you miscalculated on this one!! te he. riversedge May 2017 #3
Locking... DonViejo May 2017 #4

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
1. Drip drip drip is becoming a flood, isn't it? K&R
Fri May 19, 2017, 07:09 PM
May 2017

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,786 posts)
2. Duplicate of LBN thread on Home page
Fri May 19, 2017, 07:12 PM
May 2017

riversedge

(69,716 posts)
3. Donald, you miscalculated on this one!! te he.
Fri May 19, 2017, 07:17 PM
May 2017
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