Comey on Trump’s explanation for firing: ‘Those were lies plain and simple’ https://t.co/w03g6MrgTm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 8, 2017
“Although the law required no reason at all to fire an FBI director, the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple.”