Comey not fired over Russia probe: Trump

By Agencies
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:37pm, first published 10:32pm
James Comey (right) has hit out at Donald Trump's tendency to call for US citizens to be jailed.
James Comey (right) has hit out at Donald Trump's tendency to call for US citizens to be jailed.

US President Donald Trump says he did not fire James Comey from the FBI "because of the phony Russia investigation," contradicting his 2017 comments that he fired the agency's then-director over the probe.

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