Fired FBI Chief to Testify June 8 as Russia Probes Heat Up
- Senators to ask about Trump statements to Comey before firing
- Senate Intelligence panel probing Russian election-meddling
Comey to Testify Before Senate Intelligence Panel June 8
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Fired FBI Director James Comey will testify June 8 before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his dismissal by Donald Trump as the investigations into whether the president or his associates had improper contact with Russia are shifting toward a dramatic, public phase.
Comey will face intense questioning on what Trump said to him about the Russia investigation before the president fired him on May 9. During an Oval Office meeting in February, Trump asked Comey to drop the FBI probe into former campaign adviser and national security adviser Michael Flynn, said a person who was given a copy of a memo Comey wrote about the conversation. Trump has denied trying to quash the probe.