WASHINGTON — In a series of tweets Friday morning, President Donald Trump suggested he may consider canceling White House briefings after his administration came under fire this week for its explanations of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
“As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!….” Trump tweeted shortly before 7 a.m. Friday.
As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
A separate tweet sent about eight minutes later read: “…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???”
…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
A letter to Comey announcing his termination Tuesday said the president had accepted the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that Comey should be fired, citing lapses in his handling of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
However, in an interview Thursday with NBC News, Trump said he had planned to fire Comey for months — in part because the FBI director was a “showboat” and would have fired Comey even without their recommendation.
In separate tweets, Trump called out the “fake media,” said the investigation into potential improper contacts between his campaign team and Russian officials as a story “fabricated” by Democrats. Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told Congress Thursday the agency’s probe “is a highly significant investigation.”
Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
Trump also had another message directly for Comey: “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!”
James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
