Trump Lawyer Opens Up On Comey With Both Barrels

Marc Kasowitz

by GOPUSA: President Donald Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz took a victory lap Thursday following the blockbuster testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey, saying the much-anticipated Senate hearing proved what the White House has been saying for months.

And he hammered Comey for releasing information about his conversations with the president to reporters in an attempt to force the appointment of a special-counsel inquest into Russian election interference.

‘Today, Mr. Comey admitted that he unilaterally and surreptitiously made unauthorized disclosures to the press of privileged communications with the President,’ Kasowitz said in a statement.

And ‘contrary to numerous false press accounts leading up to today’s hearing,’ he added, ‘Mr. Comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told the President privately: The President was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian interference.’

'Mr Comey's testimony also makes clear that the President never sought to impede the investigation into attempted Russian interference in the 2016 election,' Kasowitz claimed.

Kasowitz, the president's outside counsel who is responsible for looking after his personal interests – not those of the presidency – delivered his statement in writing and orally following the former FBI director's testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The smallish gathering at the National Press Club who heard him speak in person was an unconventional coda to an unprecedented day that saw the White House forced to deny Trump is a liar.

Kasowitz instead called Comey a liar, calling into question the memos that comprised the bulk of his testimony.
Trump 'never pressured Mr. Comey,' he insisted.

And 'the President also never told Mr. Comey, "I need loyalty, I expect loyalty" in form or substance.'

Both claims were part of Comey's written and oral presentations.

Kasowitz read his statement and left the podium without taking questions.

Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2017

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