ADVERTISEMENTWASHINGTON ― The White House on Thursday appeared to concede that President Donald Trump issued a baseless statement about “tapes” of a conversation with his just-fired FBI Director James Comey in order to impugn his credibility. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee questioned whether Trump was trying to stop Comey from talking. Was he trying to intimidate or silence James Comey? Trump had asked Comey to drop a related probe into Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and his contact with Russians. Was he trying to intimidate or silence James Comey?

Source: Huffington Post June 22, 2017 21:23 UTC