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“Lordy, I hope there are tapes”. So do we, James Comey. The former FBI director made the comment during his much-anticipated testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, a reference to President Trump’s tweet about potential recordings of their conversation. During nearly three hours of testimony, Comey stopped short of saying Trump obstructed justice, but painted the president as a liar. Here’s a rundown of what we learned—and what we didn’t—from Comey’s first public appearance since his firing. —Katie Robertson

 

The Comey Testimony

The ousted FBI chief and the president accused each other of lying about their private encounters in the wake of dramatic Senate testimony that centered on whether the president sought to quash part of a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Comey told senators that Trump’s shifting explanations for firing him were “lies, plain and simple”, and that he wrote detailed memos of their conversations because he feared the president would paint a false picture of their encounters. Trump hit back through his personal lawyer, who claimed the testimony exonerated the president. 

 
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