If you're finding it hard to keep track of all the latest developments, here's a timeline to help you.
"So, everybody was thinking they should've won the election".
Trump's interview was released on the same day the interim head of the FBI told the U.S. Congress that Comey's sacking would not derail the Russian Federation investigation.
"He said, 'you are not under investigation, '" Mr Trump claimed, repeating an assertion he first made as he announced Mr Comey's firing. I was not his fan. During one of the most important national security investigations of our time, Director Comey's firing is a blatant attack on the independence of the Justice Department.
"We've talked to - again, several legal scholars have weighed in on this and said there was nothing wrong with the President asking that question", she said, without naming names. Maybe I'll expand that. "You are not under investigation" does not mean "You will never be under investigation". "In times of turbulence, the American people should see the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a rock of competence, honesty and independence", he added.
The White House claimed Mr Comey's firing was motivated exclusively by concerns over his handling of the high-stakes probe into Hillary Clinton's e-mails. The Watergate scandal accelerated drastically when it was revealed Nixon taped conversations in the White House.
TRUMP: I had a dinner with [Comey].
In a letter to Comey on Tuesday, Trump said the decision was made based on recommendations from Sessions and Rosenstein. "Everybody knows that", he said. But we had a very nice dinner. "He said it once at dinner, and then he said it twice during phone calls".
Well, I don't know if the Russians put Trump in, but they sure are happy with him. "I'm appealing to American journalists not to lose their sense of professional dignity", he said, "and not to pass onto other people their own failure to organize a photoshoot with US press access".
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Pulis added: "There are a lot of clubs interested in Charlie Taylor, we're not the only club interested in him". We are excited but this is football, you have to concentrate until the last minute and we will see.
It is highly unusual for a sitting president who has authority over the FBI to ask about an existing investigation, although such action probably does not violate the law, legal experts have said.
"I want to find out if there was a problem with an election having to do with Russian Federation".
In 2015, just before he was named deputy director of the agency, McCabe came under scrutiny when his wife accepted $500,000 for a failed state Senate campaign in Virginia from the political organization of Governor Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally.
The dinner took place just after the White House had been warned by the then attorney general that Mr Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn had been "compromised" and was vulnerable to blackmail over ties to Russian Federation.
"He (Comey) is not my man or not my man". "I was going to fire regardless of recommendation". I will tell you, we're looking at candidates right now who could be spectacular.
"It is my opinion and belief that the FBI will continue to pursue this investigation vigorously and completely", he said.
"If Russia hacked - if Russia did anything having to do with our election, I want to know about it", he said. Just add it to your list of things to think about. Stay tuned. and be sure to visit me behind-the-scenes here on Patreon!
He hosted a surreal and awkwardly timed meeting in the Oval Office with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mr Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States. Ask yourself one question: Have you ever seen a cover-up with no underlying crime? Contrary to his belief, POTUS can't go around demanding government employees sign blood oaths to defend him at all costs.
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