Instead, McCain flummoxed Comey with a question about why "the investigation of anything former Secretary Clinton had to do with the campaign is over and we don't have to worry about it anymore?" Comey has made clear he took extensive notes regarding his conversations with Trump, which detailed the president's alleged attempt to seek his "loyalty" during a late January meeting, among other conversations - a claim Trump adamantly denies. Then weeks before the election, Mr Comey, again acting on his own, briefly reopened the probe. "I knew there might come a day when I would need a record of what would happen, not just to defend myself but to defend the FBI", Comey said.
Staying on the topic, McCain added, "So both President Trump and former candidate Clinton are both involved in the investigation, yet one of them, you said there's going to be no charges and the other one the investigation continues".
"At one point the attorney general had directed me not to call it an 'investigation, ' but to call it a 'matter, ' which confused me and concerned me", Comey said.
Comey, who was sacked while leading the probe into Russia's interference in the election, said Trump asked him to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and implied Trump may have become the subject of investigation himself for interfering in the FBI's work. If a topic was too sensitive, Comey said he would answer questions on it during a closed-door session later in the afternoon.
The California Democrat added on CNN's "State of the Union" that she wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify before the committee, referring to Sessions' announcement Saturday that he plans to appear before the Senate intelligence panel instead of House and Senate subcommittees that oversee the Justice Department's budget given the intent of lawmakers to question him about the Russian Federation investigation. John McCain appeared to do in a question in which he accidentally called the former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief "President Comey".
McCain seems to think that position is a cop-out: If Comey was prepared to conclude that Clinton did not intend to break the law, why can't he cut Trump the same slack? Was he arguing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation applied different standards to the two candidates?
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Throughout the questioning, Senator McCain looked sometimes confused and frustrated, and referred to Comey as "President Comey" in one instance.
Comey's comments on the Clinton email investigation in July 2016, as the presidential election campaign was well underway, drew criticism from Republicans at the time.
"So at the same time you made the announcement there would be no further charges brought against then secretary Clinton for any activities involved in the Russian Federation involvement and our engagement and our election".
Graham said he wanted the members of the Judiciary Committee to be briefed on such a matter together, not separately.
"I don't think many people questioned his credibility that much", DeWit said.
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