Rep. Gallego: FBI Director Comey Dismisses Trump’s Wiretap Lie, Republicans Scrambling to Pivot
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ruben Gallego issued a statement on FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on President Donald Trump's baseless wiretapping claims. In his testimony, Director Comey dismissed Trump's initial tweets on the subject, saying he had "no information that supports those tweets." Rep. Gallego issued the following statement:
"Donald Trump stepped into the political limelight by spreading racist birther conspiracy theories about President Obama. Now, as president, he can't help but spread new lies about President Obama in order to distract the public from the ever-growing revelations regarding ties between his associates and the Russian government.
"Donald Trump's ridiculous wiretapping tweets came just one day after it was uncovered that his senior aide Jared Kushner and his ousted adviser Michael Flynn had an undisclosed meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. In response to the continuing controversy around his relationship with Russia, Trump has attacked President Obama, the intelligence community and journalists. And congressional Republicans are not much better—they are more interested in beating up on the press and whistleblowers than getting to the bottom of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"I call on Speaker Paul Ryan and the Republican Conference to listen to Director Comey's testimony and demand that Trump retract his false claims about wiretapping."
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