Sessions: ‘Comey Talked More than He Should’ About Russia Investigation

‘He had no power, right, or justification in announcing the conclusion of a criminal investigation’

Sessions: ‘Comey Talked More Than He Should’ About Russia Investigation (The Washington Free Beacon)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that former FBI Director James Comey had no power or justification to discuss the conclusions of an FBI investigation in an open hearing earlier this year.

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) asked Sessions about Comey's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on March 20, when he announced that the FBI was investigating President Donald Trump's campaign for possibly colluding with Russia.

"I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts," Comey testified at the time.

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