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THE WHITE HOUSE and its allies are scrambling for ways to offset potential damage from fired FBI Director James Comey’s highly anticipated congressional testimony on Thursday.
The appearance could expose new details about his discussions with President Donald Trump about the federal investigation into Russia’s election meddling.
Asked about the testimony today, was tight-lipped: “I wish him luck,” he told reporters before a meeting with lawmakers.
It’s also been reported by both the Washington Post and MSNBC that Trump may tweet during Comey’s testimony and respond to claims if he feels it necessary.
Despite this, some White House officials appear eager to keep the president away from television and Twitter on Thursday, though those efforts rarely succeed.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president has plans throughout the day.
“The president’s got a full day on Thursday,” Spicer said.
Trump’s White House and its allies are crafting a strategy aimed at undermining Comey’s credibility.
Both White House officials and an outside group that backs Trump plan to hammer Comey in the coming days for misstatements he made about Democrat Hillary Clinton’s emails during his last appearance on Capitol Hill.
An ad created by the pro-Trump Great America Alliance also casts Comey as a “showboat” who was “consumed with election meddling” instead of focusing on combating terrorism.
The 30-second spot is slated to run digitally on Wednesday and appear the next day on CNN and Fox News.
Comey’s testimony before the Senate intelligence committee marks his first public comments since he was abruptly ousted by Trump on 9 May.
Since then, Trump and Comey allies have traded competing narratives about their interactions.
The president asserted that Comey told him three times that he was not personally under investigation, while the former director’s associates allege Trump asked Comey if he could back off an investigation into Michael Flynn, who was fired as national security adviser because he misled the White House about his ties to Russia.
Democrats have accused Trump of firing Comey to upend the FBI’s Russia probe, which focused in large part on whether campaign aides coordinated with Moscow to hack Democratic groups during the election.
Days after Comey’s firing, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, to oversee the federal investigation.
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Don’t agree. The future may be in better hands with young people like these. They have at least taken some action.
spot on
Fair play to them!
He became an activist after watching 1 film twice in 1 day?
does that make me an avenger then?
I watched Debbie does Dallas 3 times in one day…
What is going to happen to me? :(
You’re gonna go blind Tal :)
Fools
at least they’re standing up for what they believe in and want to make the world a better place. It beats being silent or just moaning about.
Wonder who is providing the funding for this little venture. There’s more to this than meets the eye.
Properly some green nazi lobby that’s supporting Obama
Activist’s strike again! The culture has gone mad!
Lol they look like they want to destroy every bit of industry left in the world and play their play stations at the same time
Refreshing to see young people putting their energies into something positive even if it turns out to be a fruitless endeavour. They should be encouraged and applauded.
Climate change/Global warming is one of the biggest scams in the world. Its just another excuse for the elite to tax the life out of us now and for years to come. This is a pathetic story. How about exposing the hoax instead!
Would agree to a certain extent- I wouldnt say its the elite taxing the life out of us though. Its just another excuse for governments to earn tax!
I read an article recently saying that in the 1960′s there was 1,800 weather stations in the USA, By 1990 there was only 1,000, now its something like 700. The shut all the ones in hard to service areas, ie in the mountains etc, where it is colder. This is not factored in when comparing temperature avergages from the 1960′s or 1990′s to today. This may only be in the U.S that this has happened but alot of the global warming brigade use American figures…
Well thats a relief, can you show me where you heard this? I’d like some proof before I ignite an oil well In celebration.
oh dear god!
we are on the eve of destruction..anything that buys us a few more minutes is worth it
Omg this must be a late April fools joke!
Ever heard of the greenhouse effect??? More carbon in the atmosphere = warmer atmosphere
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