The White House has a new argument for why President Donald Trump fired James Comey earlier this year: The FBI director possibly committed perjury. At her Monday briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced a question about former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s recent interview on 60 Minutes. Bannon told journalist Charlie Rose that Trump’s firing of Comey in May was the “biggest political mistake in modern history.” Sanders disputed that characterization by offering a list of reasons Comey was fired. Read the full story here > |