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Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations
By Eric Lichtblau, CNN Investigates



Updated 1700 GMT (0100 HKT) May 31, 2017






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Story highlights
  • Mueller and Comey have discussed parameters to avoid conflicts with criminal probe.
  • Comey is likely to confirm for the first time accounts of pressure from Trump over Russia investigations.
(CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.

Final details are still being worked out and no official date for his testimony has been set. Comey is expected to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year's presidential election.
Comey has spoken privately with Special Counsel Robert Mueller III to work out the parameters for his testimony to ensure there are no legal entanglements as a result of his public account, a source said. Comey will likely sit down with Mueller, a longtime colleague at the Justice Department, for a formal interview only after his public testimony.
When he testifies, Comey is unlikely to be willing to discuss in any detail the FBI's investigation into the charges of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign -- the centerpiece of the probe, this source said. But he appears eager to discuss his tense interactions with Trump before his firing, which have now spurred allegations that the president may have tried to obstruct the investigation. If it happens, Comey's public testimony promises to be a dramatic chapter in the months-long controversy, and it will likely bring even more intense scrutiny to an investigation that Trump has repeatedly denounced as a "witch hunt."
The appointment of Mueller as a special counsel in the Russia investigation had raised concerns among some members of Congress that his probe could scuttle the chance for Congress and the public to hear directly from Comey. That appears less likely now that Mueller and Comey have discussed the limits of his testimony.
Since his firing last month, dramatic accounts have emerged in the New York Times, CNN, and elsewhere about the tense confrontations with Trump that Comey memorialized in memos afterward. A week after he took office in January, Trump allegedly demanded Comey's "loyalty" if he kept him on as FBI director, and he urged Comey to drop his ongoing investigation into Michael Flynn, Trump's fired national security adviser, in a separate, one-on-one meeting.
The source said that Comey is expected to stand by those accounts in his testimony.
"The bottom line is he's going to testify," the source close to the issue said. "He's happy to testify, and he's happy to cooperate."
Officials with the Justice Department and Mueller's office declined to comment.
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DOJ’s Andrew Weissmann Is Jumping to Mueller’s Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say
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DOJ’s Weissmann Joining Mueller’s Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say
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Tom Schoenberg
May 31, 2017, 1:05 PM EDT May 31, 2017, 1:39 PM EDT
  • Andrew Weissmann oversaw VW, bank cases during Obama era
  • Loss of fraud chief leaves another senior post vacant at DOJ

Former FBI Chief Mueller to Lead Russia Probe

Andrew Weissmann, head of the Justice Department’s fraud section, is joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators probing possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Weissmann is the most senior government official to join Mueller, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director who became special counsel on May 17, said two people, who asked not to be named discussing a personnel matter that hasn’t been made public. Mueller recently brought on Peter Carr, a veteran spokesman for the Justice Department, to deal with the news media. He also hired at least two lawyers from his former law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.

Weissmann’s specialties have included corporate fraud and foreign bribery. For two and half years, he has overseen investigations into Volkswagen AG over diesel-cheating, global banks over market manipulation and Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras over corrupt payments.

Weissmann previously worked for Mueller as the FBI’s general counsel from 2011 to 2013. He also has experience with special investigations, having worked on and later managed the Enron task force during the George W. Bush administration.

Weissmann’s move leaves another senior leadership post open at the Justice Department, which still awaits appointments from Trump to lead its criminal and civil divisions. Weissmann was brought on in 2015 to run the fraud section under Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the criminal division during the Obama administration, whom he previously worked with on the Enron task force.

Weissmann didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Carr, the Mueller spokesman, and Wyn Hornbuckle, a spokesman for the Justice Department, declined to comment.

(A previous version of this story corrected Leslie Caldwell’s title.)
 
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DOJ’s Weissmann Joining Mueller’s Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say
by
Tom Schoenberg
May 31, 2017, 1:05 PM EDT May 31, 2017, 1:39 PM EDT
  • Andrew Weissmann oversaw VW, bank cases during Obama era
  • Loss of fraud chief leaves another senior post vacant at DOJ

Former FBI Chief Mueller to Lead Russia Probe

Andrew Weissmann, head of the Justice Department’s fraud section, is joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators probing possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Weissmann is the most senior government official to join Mueller, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director who became special counsel on May 17, said two people, who asked not to be named discussing a personnel matter that hasn’t been made public. Mueller recently brought on Peter Carr, a veteran spokesman for the Justice Department, to deal with the news media. He also hired at least two lawyers from his former law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.

Weissmann’s specialties have included corporate fraud and foreign bribery. For two and half years, he has overseen investigations into Volkswagen AG over diesel-cheating, global banks over market manipulation and Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras over corrupt payments.

Weissmann previously worked for Mueller as the FBI’s general counsel from 2011 to 2013. He also has experience with special investigations, having worked on and later managed the Enron task force during the George W. Bush administration.

Weissmann’s move leaves another senior leadership post open at the Justice Department, which still awaits appointments from Trump to lead its criminal and civil divisions. Weissmann was brought on in 2015 to run the fraud section under Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the criminal division during the Obama administration, whom he previously worked with on the Enron task force.

Weissmann didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Carr, the Mueller spokesman, and Wyn Hornbuckle, a spokesman for the Justice Department, declined to comment.

(A previous version of this story corrected Leslie Caldwell’s title.)
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This movie is gonna be this generations "untouchables". They gonna recruit Sally Yates, who else? Lol
 
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Mueller must have given Comey the green light to speak on Trump's obstruction of justice, especially seeing they have the memos. I hope he doesnt give too many "its classified" responses. Is this why Trump loaded up on the bots? Lol


Don't know if this was posted but :mjlol::russ:

 
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Mueller must have given Comey the green light to speak on Trump's obstruction of justice, especially seeing they have the memos. I hope he doesnt give too many "its classified" responses. Is this why Trump loaded up on the bots? Lol


Don't know if this was posted but :mjlol::russ:

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Yeah, he consulted with Mueller first, so it will be interesting what he has to say
 
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Elon, says he's done all he can do, screw it, he's out.
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On this week's "Pod Save America" the guys on there said this is exactly what would happen if Trump pulls out of Paris. They said all these economic council members who might not politically agree with Trump but view their presence as a way to encourage him to make what they feel are smart choice will call it quits if he does this.
 
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On this week's "Pod Save America" the guys on there said this is exactly what would happen if Trump pulls out of Paris. They said all these economic council members who might not politically agree with Trump but view their presence as a way to encourage him to make what they feel are smart choice will call it quits if he does this.
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How was it Monday? I used to always listen, but now I only find myself listening on Thursday's because Lovett is just fukking unbearable at this point. If he would just shut the fukk up every once in a while, he really doesn't have bad insight, just a little bit of that queen goes a long way *pause*
 
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