Network Take: What Happened Between Comey and Trump? It’s Debatable

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before Congress on Thursday about his discussions with President Donald Trump related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In his opening statement, released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Comey details his contacts with Trump — nine one-on-one conversations, according to the former director — and the president’s repeated requests for “loyalty” from him.

The president fired Comey last month, saying that he had been thinking of “this Russia thing” when he made his decision. In the wake of Comey’s dismissal, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into whether there was any coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia to interfere in last year’s presidential election.

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