Former FBI general counsel James Baker said this week that he and other officials were "quite worried" that former FBI Director James Comey appeared to be blackmailing then President-elect Trump during a 2017 meeting regarding salacious allegations found in the Steele dossier. He did, however, believe Trump had to be briefed on the dossier because it was "about to be disclosed to the press." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe former top FBI lawyer explained why he clashed with Comey over whether to tell Trump that he wasn't the subject of the Russia investigation. By contrast, Comey repeatedly told Trump that the president was not under investigation before his dismissal in May 2017. Nonetheless, Baker said he supported any investigation that is looking into the origins of the Russia probe.

Source: Fox News May 16, 2019 03:00 UTC