{"id":72506,"date":"2017-05-12T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72506"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:43:53","slug":"fbi-row-trump-warns-comey-over-leaks-to-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72506","title":{"rendered":"FBI row: Trump warns Comey over leaks to media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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REUTERS Image caption Mr Trump has insisted he was told by Mr Comey that he was not under investigation<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has warned fired former FBI chief James Comey against leaking material to the media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a tweet on Friday he said Mr Comey had “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations”.<\/p>\n

Mr Comey, who had been leading an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election, was fired by the president on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has since insisted he was told by Mr Comey that he was not under investigation.<\/p>\n

Live: Fallout over Comey sacking<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr Trump said he had been told twice by Mr Comey over dinner and once over the phone that he was not a target of the inquiry.<\/p>\n

The president said: “I said: ‘If it’s possible, would you let me know: am I under investigation?’ He said: ‘You are not under investigation.'”<\/p>\n

The FBI investigation was looking into possible collusion between Trump election campaign officials and Moscow.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump said this week he alone was responsible for the decision to sack Mr Comey, calling him a “showboat” and “grandstander”.<\/p>\n

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