President Donald Trump reacted to fired FBI director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee where he admitted leaking to a college professor the content of his private discussions with the president.
“Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump tweeted on Friday.
Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2017
Comey said he leaked the memos he kept because he thought Trump might “lie” about the nature of their discussions.
Ryan Nobles, CNN Washington Correspondent, tweeted on Thursday the identity of the law professor that Comey did not name during his questioning before the panel.
“Columbia Law Prof Daniel Richman confirms to @ZCohenCNN that he is the friend that provided excerpts of the Comey memo to reporters,” Nobles tweeted.
Columbia Law Prof Daniel Richman confirms to @ZCohenCNN that he is the friend that provided excerpts of the Comey memo to reporters.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) June 8, 2017
Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz also weighed in on Twitter on Thursday on Comey’s admission, saying Congress should “subpoena the memos” from Richman.
Senators should ask Comey the name of the Columbia professor and then subpoena the memos from him.
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) June 8, 2017
“Comey admits that he leaked the internal memo through a Columbia law professor in order to force Special Counsel,” Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University Law School tweeted on Thursday. “Yet, that raises questions.”
Comey admits that he leaked the internal memo through a Columbia law professor in order to force Special Counsel. Yet, that raises questions
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 8, 2017
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