Trump says he's '100%' willing to speak under oath on fired FBI chief
US President Donald Trump has accused FBI’s former director James Comey of lying, saying he will testify under oath about his interactions with Comey.
At a congressional hearing session on Thursday, Comey accused Trump of trying to block a probe into ties between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia.
The ousted FBI director also said that the White House defamed him and the FBI in order to justify the last month dismissal.
On Friday, the defiant president denied Comey’s accusations, saying, “Comey confirmed a lot of what I said,” but “some of the things that he said just weren't true."
Trump made the remarks when speaking to reporters at a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Washington.
Asked if he had told Comey to drop the investigation, Trump said, "I didn't say that."
The reporter then asked, "So he lied about that?"
Trump replied, "Well, I didn't say that. I mean, I will tell you, I didn't say that, and there would be nothing wrong if I did say it according to everybody that I've read today, but I did not say that."
Asked whether he would be willing to go under oath to give his own version of interactions he had with Comey, Trump replied, "100 percent."
He also said he “would be glad to” talk to special counsel Robert Mueller, who is currently investigating allegations that Russia interfered with the election and colluded with Trump's campaign.
During his almost three-hour hearing on Thursday, Comey testified that the US president had expected “loyalty” from the FBI director and later urged him to drop the Flynn probe. "I hope you can let this go," he quoted Trump as saying in a February 14 meeting.
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