James Comey testified behind closed doors on Friday, but word has it he refused to answer a bunch of questions. Rep. Darrell Issa said Comey’s FBI lawyers instructed him not to answer a number of them.
Colleague Catherine Herridge rpts some mbrs in the Comey interview are growing frustrated. GOP CA Rep Issa says there's a DoJ atty w/Comey telling him not to answer certain questions. Says they may ask Comey to come back
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 7, 2018
“One of the disappointments of this deposition so far has been the amount of times in which the FBI believes that Congress doesn’t have a right to know,” Issa said.
“The Department of Justice is going to have to agree to allow him to come back and answer a great many questions that currently he is not answering,” he added.
President Trump has responded to that particular report.
It is being reported that Leakin' James Comey was told by Department of Justice attorneys not to answer the most important questions. Total bias and corruption at the highest levels of previous Administration. Force him to answer the questions under oath!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
This isn’t over. At least, not yet!
Today wasn’t a search for truth, but a desperate attempt to find anything that can be used to attack the institutions of justice investigating this president. They came up empty today but will try again. In the long run, it'll make no difference because facts are stubborn things.
— James Comey (@Comey) December 8, 2018
Ughhhhh. Just go away and stop talking.