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Trump lawyer 'not going to speculate' on whether president might fire special counsel - ABC News

posted onJune 12, 2017
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Article snippet: A member of Twitter, calling it the "single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" When Stephanopoulos asked if the president has tapes of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, and if so, whether he would release them. Sekulow suggested that Trump may take up the matter next week. "That's a decision that the president will make in consultation with his chief lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, and that the president said he'll address next week," he said. Sekulow also claimed in the interview that Comey's testimony to Congress on Thursday was reviewed in advance by special counsel Mueller. "James Comey said he reviewed his testimony with the special counsel. And you wonder if -- it's unusual to me, and I've done a lot of cases for 40 years of practicing law almost, and at the highest levels including the Supreme Court -- that you have a situation, I think this is unprecedented, where the testimony was reviewed," Sekulow said. Comey, however, specifically said at congressional hearing that Mueller had not reviewed or edited his testimony. Asked by Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr, R-Va., if the special counsel's office reviewed or edited his testimony, Comey replied, "no." Link to the full article to read more

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