Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190112:11:03:00
That sparked the initial inquiry of justice. when president trump fired fbi director james comey, shortly after drafting a letter thanking comey he was not the subject of the fbi russia investigation. after an interview with lester holt the president then tried tying comey's firing to the investigation. >> regarding of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the democrats having lost the election...