Again and again, time after time, this Administration proves they cannot control the message. Someone has too stray from course and soon another one will follow – PB/TK
Donald Trump Jr. appears to contradict father’s account of private Comey meeting – By Alexander Mallen / June 11 2017
President Trump’s son appeared to contradict his father’s account of a conversation the president had with former FBI Director James Comey about the federal investigation of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The president on Friday denied outright testimony by Comey to Congress that Trump said he hoped the FBI chief could let go of the Flynn probe.
ABC Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl in the Rose Garden on Friday asked Trump about Comey’s statement to Congress the day before. “He did say under oath that you told him to let the Flynn – you said you hoped the Flynn investigation – he could let go,” Karl said.
“I didn’t say that,” Trump said.
Pressed whether he was saying Comey lied under oath, Trump said, “I didn’t say that. I mean, I will tell you, I didn’t say that.”
The president added that he would “100 percent” be willing to testify under oath to dispute Comey’s account of their meeting.
But in a television appearance Saturday evening, Donald Trump Jr. appeared to contradict his father’s flat-out denial.
“When [President Trump] tells you to do something, guess what, there’s no ambiguity in it,” Trump Jr. said in an interview with Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro.
“There’s no, ‘hey, I’m hoping.’ You and I are friends, ‘hey I hope this happens, but you’ve got to do your job.’ That’s what he told Comey.”
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