Why A Judiciary Committee Member Said “I’d Be Surprised If Comey Testifies That Trump Pressured Him”

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Echoing the thoughts of many who have watched this farce from outside the Beltway, Senator Mike Lee said early Thursday that he would be surprised to hear former FBI Director James Comey testify that President Trump pressed him to end a federal investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

Speaking on CNN’s “New Day”, Lee said “that would surprise me” when asked if Comey would testify that Trump pressured him. His reasoning is simple…

“I’m on the Judiciary Committee and just a few weeks ago we had, still Director Comey, come and testify. Someone asked him about political pressure and he said, ‘This is something I haven’t seen, something in my experience has not occurred.'”

As a reminder, testifying under oath in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 3rd, Comey states that he has not been pressured to close an investigation for political purposes, “not in my experience.”

COMEY: Not in my experience. Because it would be a big deal to tell the FBI to stop doing something like that — without an appropriate purpose.y give us opinions that we don’t see a case there and so you ought to stop investing resources in it. But I’m talking about a situation where we were told to stop something for a political reason, that would be a very big deal.

It’s not happened in my experience.

Caught on tape?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dW59Fu1hg

As The Hill reports, recent reports said Comey is expected to testify that he believes Trump was trying to meddle in the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election.

Lee said he hasn’t personally seen Comey’s memos related to Trump’s reported requests to the former FBI director to end the investigation into Flynn.