'I still think he’s entitled to that presumption,' Comey said.
Former-FBI Director James Comey on Thursday responded to Attorney General William Barr’s claims that the government spied on President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, saying he has “no idea what he’s talking about.”
"Maybe the only thing I can say generally is — I think that his career has earned him the presumption that he will be one of the rare Cabinet members who will stand up for things like truth and facts, and institutional values," the ex-FBI director added."So I still think he’s entitled to that presumption. Language like this makes it harder, but I still think he’s entitled to that presumption. And because I don’t know what the heck he’s talking about, that’s all I can say.
Trump supported Barr’s claims of spying on Thursday."I think what he said was absolutely true, there was absolutely spying into my campaign," the president said when asked by reporters in the White House."I'll go a step further; in my opinion, it was illegal spying, unprecedented spying and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again."
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