Trump initially silent on Comey testimony, but son goes on attack
President Trump refrained from taking to social media in the first two hours of much-anticipated testimony by former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, but his son went on the attack on Twitter.
Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the administration “chose to defame me and the FBI” in its explanations of his firing.
Comey said he chose to document his conversations with Trump because he was “concerned that he might lie” about the meetings.
[...] Comey said he interpreted Trump’s comment that he “hoped” the FBI would let go of the investigation into ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn “as a direction.”
The president’s son Donald Trump Jr., executive vice president of the family business, the Trump Organization, launched a running commentary on the testimony, tweeting that the Flynn stuff is BS in context 2 guys talking about a guy they both know well.
Later, Comey told the senators he had asked a friend to share the contents of a memo detailing his interactions with Trump with a reporter after Trump tweeted that Comey had better “hope there are no ‘tapes.’”
Comey thought there might be “corroboration” for the conversations, so he decided to to get it “into the public square” and potentially prompt the appointment of a special counsel.