(CNN) Former FBI Director James Comey defended the FBI's Russia investigation on Wednesday, squaring off with Senate Republicans who pressed him to explain why he didn't know about the problems with a foreign surveillance warrant the FBI obtained in the probe. It was appropriate, and it was essential that it be done," Comey said. Comey was pressed by Senate Republicans Wednesday at a hearing being held six weeks before the 2020 presidential election. "How could the director the FBI not know all of this?" Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsay Graham pressed Comey.

Source: The Nation September 30, 2020 16:08 UTC