Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday defended the investigations into President Donald Trump’s campaign after reports of interference by Russian agents in 2016, using a comparison that seems bound to get under the president’s skin
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“Close your eyes. Again, change the names. Let me make one up for you,” said Comey, whom Trump fired in 2017. “The Iranians — this is totally made up — the Iranians interfere in the election to help elect Barack Obama because they think they’ll get a better nuclear deal from him. And during that election an Obama aide meets with the Iranians and talks about the dirt they have that will help Obama get elected. And the FBI finds out about that.
Trump has routinely been seen as cozying up to Russia, including a summit with President Vladimir Putin last summer where the president said he trusted Putin’s denial over U.S. intelligence that Russia meddled in the elections.
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