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FBI Chief Disputes Trump on Comey as Hearing Veers Off Course

  • McCabe says Comey enjoyed ‘broad support’ among rank and file
  • Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein makes unannounced visit
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Trump Says Comey Firing Decision Was His Own

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Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe dismissed White House claims that the bureau’s rank and file had lost confidence in James Comey before President Donald Trump fired him, defending his former boss and vowing to press ahead with a probe into links between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign.

“Director Comey enjoyed broad support in the FBI and still does to this day,” McCabe said in testimony Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.