Press Sec. Sanders told press after Comey's firing that the WH heard from 'countless' FBI agents who said they had lost confidence in Comey. 'Sanders acknowledged to investigators that her comments were not founded on anything,' the Mueller report states.
Sarah Sanders, at a news conference on May 10, 2017, said "countless" FBI agents had told the White House that they had lost confidence in James Comey, who had been fired as director the day before.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
“She also recalled that her statement in a separate press interview that rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Comey was a comment she made ‘in the heat of the moment’ that was not founded on anything,” the report stated. When a reporter indicated that the"vast majority" of FBI agents supported Comey, Sanders said,"Look, we've heard from countless members of the FBI that say very different things."
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