US President Donald Trump has accused FBI’s former director James Comey of lying, saying he will testify under oath about his interactions with Comey.
At a congressional hearing session on Thursday, Comey accused Trump of trying to block a probe into ties between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia.
The ousted FBI director also said that the White House defamed him and the FBI in order to justify the last month dismissal.
On Friday, the defiant president denied Comey’s accusations, saying, “Comey confirmed a lot of what I said,” but “some of the things that he said just weren’t true.”
Trump made the remarks when speaking to reporters at a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Washington.
Asked if he had told Comey to drop the investigation,…