Trump lawyer responds to Comey (full remarks)

STATEMENT AND WE'RE NOT TAKING
QUESTIONS.
THIS IS MICHAEL BOW OF THE
KASOWITZ LAW FIRM.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M
MARC KASOWITZ, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
PERSONAL LAWYER.
CONTRARY TO NUMEROUS, FALSE
PRESS ACCOUNTS LEADING UP TO
TODAY'S HEARING, MR. COMEY HAS
NOW FINALLY CONFIRMED PUBLICLY
WHAT HE REPEATEDLY TOLD
PRESIDENT TRUMP PRIVATELY.
THAT IS, THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION AS PART
OF ANY PROBE INTO RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE.
THE PRESIDENT -- MR. COMEY ALSO
ADMITTED THAT THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT A SINGLE VOTE
CHANGED AS A RESULT OF ANY
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE.
MR. COMEY'S TESTIMONY ALSO MAKES
CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT NEVER
SOUGHT TO IMPEDE THE
INVESTIGATION INTO ATTEMPTED
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
ELECTION.
AND, IN FACT, ACCORDING TO MR.
COMEY, THE PRESIDENT TOLD MR.
COMEY, QUOTE, IT WOULD BE GOOD
TO FIND OUT, CLOSED QUOTE, IN
THAT INVESTIGATION IF THERE WAS,
QUOTE, SOME SATELLITE ASSOCIATES
OF HIS WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG,
CLOSED QUOTE.
AND HE, PRESIDENT TRUMP, DID NOT
EXCLUDE ANYONE FROM THAT
STATEMENT.
CONSISTENT WITH THAT STATEMENT,
THE PRESIDENT NEVER IN FORM OR
SUBSTANCE OR SUGGESTED THAT MR.
COMEY STOP INVESTIGATING ANYONE,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT NEVER
SUGGESTED THAT MR. COMEY, QUOTE,
LET FLYNN GO, CLOSED QUOTE.
AS THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY STATED
THE NEXT DAY, HE DID SAY TO MR.
COMEY, QUOTE, GENERAL FLYNN IS A
GOOD GUY.
HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT,
CLOSED QUOTE.
AND ALSO, QUOTE, ASK HOW GENERAL
FLYNN IS DOING, CLOSED QUOTE.
TESTIFYING TODAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT NEVER, QUOTE, DIRECTED
HIM TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL,
IMMORAL, UNETHICAL OR
INAPPROPRIATE, CLOSED QUOTE.
AND NEVER, NEVER, QUOTE,
PRESSURED HIM TO DO SO, CLOSED
QUOTE.
DIRECTOR COATS SAID THE SAME
THING.
THE PRESIDENT LIKEWISE NEVER
PRESSURED MR. COMEY.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO NEVER TOLD
MR. COMEY, QUOTE, I NEED
LOYALTY.
I EXPECT LOYALTY, CLOSED QUOTE.
HE NEVER SAID IT IN FORM AND
NEVER SAID IT IN SUBSTANCE.
OF COURSE, THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT IS ENTITLED TO EXPECT
LOYALTY FROM THOSE WHO ARE
SERVING THE ADMINISTRATION AND
FROM BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT TOOK
OFFICE TO THIS DAY, IT IS
OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE
THOSE IN GOVERNMENT WHO ARE
ACTIVELY ATTEMPTING TO UNDERMINE
THIS ADMINISTRATION WITH
SELECTIVE AND ILLEGAL LEAKS OF
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
MR. COMEY HAS NOW ADMITTED THAT
HE IS ONE OF THESE LEAKERS.
TODAY, MR. COMEY ADMITTED THAT
HE UNILATERALLY AND
SEREPTITIOUSLY MADE UNAUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURES TO THE PRESS OF
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
THE LEAKS OF THIS PRIVILEGED
INFORMATION BEGAN NO LATER THAN
MARCH 2017 WHEN FRIENDS OF MR.
COMEY HAVE STATED THAT HE
DISCLOSED TO THEM THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT HE HAD WITH
THE PRESIDENT DURING THEIR
JANUARY 27th, 2017, DINNER AND
FEBRUARY 14th, 2017, WHITE HOUSE
MEETING.
TODAY, MR. COMEY ADMITTED THAT
HE LEAKED TO FRIENDS OF HIS
PURPORTED MEMOS OF THOSE
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS, ONE
OF WHICH HE TESTIFIED WAS
CLASSIFIED.
MR. COMEY ALSO TESTIFIED THAT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE WAS
TERMINATED, HE AUTHORIZED HIS
FRIENDS TO LEAK THE CONTENTS OF
THOSE MEMOS TO THE PRESS IN
ORDER TO, IN MR. COMEY'S WORDS,
QUOTE, PROMPT THE APPOINTMENT OF
A SPECIAL COUNSEL, CLOSED QUOTE.
ALTHOUGH MR. COMEY TESTIFIED
THAT HE ONLY LEAKED THE MEMOS IN
RESPONSE TO A TWEET, THE PUBLIC
RECORD REVEALS THAT "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" WAS QUOTING FROM
THOSE MEMOS THE DAY BEFORE THE
REFERENCED TWEET, WHICH BELIES
MR. COMEY'S EXCUSE FOR THIS
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF
PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND
APPEARS TO BE ENTIRELY
RETALIATORY.
WE WILL LEAVE IT TO THE
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THESE LEAKS
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED ALONG
WITH ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED.
IN SUM, IT IS NOW ESTABLISHED
THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT BEING
INVESTIGATED FOR KCOLLUTING WIT
OR ATTEMPTING TO OBSTRUCT.
AS THE COMMITTEE POINTED OUT,
THESE IMPORTANT FACTS FOR THE
COUNTRY TO KNOW ARE VIRTUALLY
THE ONLY FACTS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN LEAKED DURING THE COURSE OF
THESE EVENTS.
AS HE SAID YESTERDAY, THE
PRESIDENT FEELS COMPLETELY
VINDICATED AND IS EAGER TO
CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS
AGENDA WITH THE BUSINESS OF THIS
COUNTRY AND WITH THIS PUBLIC
CLOUD

Trump lawyer responds to Comey (full remarks)

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