U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday denied accusations by former FBI director James Comey that he tried to block an investigation into a former national security adviser, adding that he was willing to give his version of events under oath.
The attorney also denied Comey's statement that Trump, at a White House dinner, told the then-FBI director "I need loyalty, I expect loyalty", and that Trump asked him in an Oval Office meeting to drop an Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
A day after Comey accused Trump of lying and seeking to impede the Russian Federation investigation, the president said Friday that Comey's testimony vindicated him.
In a Capitol Hill hearing room, the astonishing tableau unfolded of a former FBI director accusing the White House of "lies, plain and simple" and asserting that when the president suggested dropping an investigation into his former national security adviser, "I took it as a direction".
Mr Comey told the Senate panel that he shared an unclassified memo about his February conversation with Mr Trump about Flynn because he hoped it would lead to the appointment of a special counsel.
Asked directly if tapes of conversations with Comey exist, Trump said, "Well, I'll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future".
And, thanks to his rush to defend himself, it's now fair to ask whether the president is acknowledging that he told Comey to back off Flynn, 24 hours after Trump's lawyer denied it. "I'm not going to say, 'I want you to pledge allegiance.' Who would do that?"
Trump also retweeted a comment from attorney Alan Dershowitz, who had written: "We should stop talking about obstruction of justice".
Former FBI boss Bob Mueller has been appointed as a special counsel to oversee the Russian Federation investigation.
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Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC.
"Yesterday showed no collusion, no obstruction", Trump said.
Trump was uncharacteristically quiet during Comey's thundering Senate testimony.
Finally, he continued to tease the potential existence of tapes about his conversations with Comey, suggesting he'd soon reveal whether there were, before saying the press would "be very disappointed" in the answer.
Trump cut Karl off, responding, "I didn't say that".
In his testimony on Thursday, Mr Comey said the memo whose contents he had a friend leak was not classified and therefore not inappropriate to make public.
"No I didn't say that", Trump stated abruptly, taking questions after meeting Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. While Comey said he would welcome the release of tapes, Trump and aides refuse to say whether such tapes exist.
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