President Donald Trump began his Sunday lashing out at former FBI director James Comey and accused him of lying to House investigators.
'Leakin' James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!,' he tweeted.
The president's fury comes after Comey spent nearly seven hours on Capitol Hill Friday speaking to House investigators about the Russia probe.
The released transcript shows he got in a few digs at the president during his questioning.
President Trump began his Sunday with an attack on former FBI director James Comey
The president accused James Comey, seen here after talking to House investigators on Friday, of lying to Congress in a pair of tweets
And Trump slammed back in a pair of tweets on Sunday.
'On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn't know, didn't recall, or couldn't remember things when asked. Opened investigations on 4 Americans (not 2) - didn't know who signed off and didn't know Christopher Steele. All lies!,' Trump tweeted.
'Leakin' James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now exposed!,' he added.
Trump has been on a tear about Comey over the past few days as news of Mueller investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election has garnered steam and made headlines.
On Friday, prosecutors in New York recommended that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen spend between 51 and 63 months in prison for a range of federal crimes including tax evasion and violating campaign finance laws
Comey on Friday met with members of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Russia probe.
The 235-page transcript of his closed-door hearing was publicly released as a part of an agreement with the former FBI director.
Comey used his time before the GOP-led committees to take a few shots at Trump's criticisms of the judicial system, saying 'we have become numb to lying and attacks on the rule of law by the president,' and Trump's suggestion that it should be a crime for subjects to 'flip' and cooperate with investigators.
'It's a shocking suggestion coming from any senior official, no less the president. It's a critical and legitimate part of the entire justice system in the United States,' Comey said.
He also decried Republicans for bringing him back before them, calling Friday's hearing a 'desperate attempt to find anything that can be used to attack the institutions of justice investigating this president.'
And he took umbrage with Trump's claim he is friends with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the the former FBI director who now leads the Russia investigation.
'I admire the heck out of the man, but I don't know his phone number, I've never been to his house, I don't know his children's names,' Comey said. 'I think I had a meal once alone with him in a restaurant. I like him. I am not a – I'm an associate of his who admires him greatly. We're not friends in any social sense.'
Trump went after Comey on Sunday morning
He accused him of lying to Congress
Trump has been on a tear about Comey over the past few days as news of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's (above) investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election has garnered steam and made headlines
He added he'd 'never hugged or kissed the man' despite comments made by Trump in the past.
'A relief to my wife,' he deadpanned.
He also reiterated to lawmakers that it was encounter in 2016 that Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos had with aRussian intermediary in London that ignited the Russia investigation, rather than - as Trump and some Republicans have argued - the so-called Steele dossier, a file of opposition reseach compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele and paid for by a law fim that did work for the Democratic National Committee.
'It was weeks or months later that the so-called Steele dossier came to our attention,' Comey said.
He said he was not personally aware at the time that Steele’s research for Fusion GPS was paid for by the law firm with ties to the Clinton campaign.
He also responded 'I don't know' or 'I don't remember' in response to dozens of questions about details of the Russia investigation, Fox News reported.
But he did reveal the original investigation into whether there were any ties between Trump's campaign and Russia initially focused on four Americans - and President Trump was not one of them.
Comey didn't say who they were but did clarify the president was not in the mix.
'The Trump campaign was not under investigation,' he said. 'The FBI, in late July, opened counterintelligence investigations of four Americans to see if they were working in any way with the Russians to influence our elections,' Comey said.
There were items his lawyers would not let him discuss.
An FBI lawyer said Comey could not answer a question about the sources used by Steele, arguing the sources for the infamous dossier - which contains allegations that the president is susceptible to blackmailing by Moscow - are still relevant to the special counsel investigation.
Trump has denied the allegations in the Steele memo and repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia.
Republican lawmakers expressed frustration that Comey was prevented from answering questions related to Mueller's probe on the advice of a Justice Department lawyer.
Comey was appearing for the interview after unsuccessfully fighting a subpoena in court. It is the first time he has answered lawmakers' questions since an explosive June 2016 hearing in which he asserted that President Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign.
His lawyers had fired off a brief seeking to quash the subpoena, demanding 'transparency' and arguing Republicans would selectively leak information if he were to appear behind closed doors. They argued that a closed hearing was 'abusive to witnesses.'
Committee lawyers fought back at Comey's 'grandiose' arguments, saying he wanted to 'dictate the terms of his appearance by demanding a public hearing.'
Comey buckled over the weekend, announcing he would appear following assurances that a full transcript would get released and he could speak about what he had testified.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump began his Sunday lashing out at former FBI director James Comey and accused him of lying to House investigators.
‘Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday testimony was so untruthful!,’ he ...
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