Comey released information to the press

washington - Former FBI director James Comey decided, among other things, based on an 'abdominal feeling' to keep track of written reports of his talks with President Donald Trump. He suspected that he would need such reports to 'protect the FBI.'

Comey acknowledged during a hearing in the US Senate that he had asked a friend by sharing his recorded information about the talks with Trump with the press. 'I thought: that will lead to the appointment of a special prosecutor. '

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