Washington — US President Donald Trump on Friday branded his former FBI director a “leaker“, a day after James Comey gave testimony in which he accused Trump of trying to quash an investigation and lying about him and the FBI. “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump tweeted in his first comments since the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. Comey accused Donald Trump’s White House of lies and defamation on Thursday in wounding sworn testimony that plunged the US leader’s already-troubled presidency deeper into peril. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements carried live by networks and cable news stations, Comey described himself as "stunned" by Trump’s "very disturbing" and "very concerning" behaviour in several meetings. Detailing one-on-one talks with a sitting president — which under normal circumstances are private — Comey said he took painstaking notes for fear Trump mig...
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