Comey testifies to Senate Intelligence Committee after his dismissal
On 8 June 2017 James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that President Trump had asked him for loyalty and to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, and that he had arranged for his memos of their conversations to be shared with a reporter.
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On 8 June 2017 James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that President Trump had asked him for loyalty and to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, and that he had arranged for his memos of their conversations to be shared with a reporter.
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James Comey
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Comey testifies to Senate Intelligence Committee after his dismissal. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: comey+senate intelligence+flynn · verified
- 2.npr.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: comey+senate intelligence+flynn · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Comey testifies to Senate Intelligence Committee after his dismissal. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/comey-testifies-senate-intelligence-committee-2017-06-08
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