Fired FBI chief Comey avoids obstruction of justice issue, but accuses Trump of lying
Washington — Former FBI director James Comey on Thursday accused the Trump administration of defaming him and telling lies about the agency, but declined to offer his opinion on whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct justice by asking him to drop an investigation into the former national security adviser. Comey told US legislators at a hearing before a Senate panel he was confused by "the shifting explanations" given by the Trump administration for his firing on May 9. "Although the law required no reason at all to fire the FBI director, the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the FBI by saying that the organisation was in disarray, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader," Comey said. "Those were lies, plain and simple, and I am so sorry that the FBI workforce had to hear them and that the American people were told that," Comey said. Trump triggered a political firestorm on May 9 when he dismissed Comey, who was heading an FBI probe i...
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