Comey testimony enough to spark obstruction case against Trump, Watergate lawyer saysFormer FBI director James Comey is sworn in while testifying before the Senate intelligence committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Lacovara served as counsel to special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski during the Watergate investigation into former U.S. president Richard Nixon. After firing Comey last month, Trump told CNN's Lester Holt he was thinking of "this Russia thing" when he made the decision. "By contrast, director Comey is widely respected as an honest and honourable man." Comey: 'I was honestly concerned that he might lie'0:46The fact that Comey kept meticulous notes as events unfolded would also help the prosecution's case, he said.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 22:06 UTC