Anderson Cooper: 'Do you think the Russians have leverage over President Trump?' Former FBI Director James Comey: 'I don't know the answer to that.' Cooper: 'Do you think it's possible?' Comey: 'Yes.' ComeyTownHall
Former FBI Director James Comey said President Obama"faced a very difficult choice" when it came to notifying the American public that the Russians were meddling in the 2016 election, because it would have helped them meet one of their goals -- destabilizing American democracy.
"I get why he struggled with it," Comey said, adding that Obama did a"very sensible thing" by trying to get the bipartisan leaders of Congress to jointly tell the American people it was happening.McConnell didn't see it that wayin March 2018 from Obama's former chief of staff that he didn't respond properly to suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election, saying,"I'm perfectly comfortable with the steps that were taken back then.
"I think the Justice Department will have to take a serious look at that. Whether it's a wise thing to do to a former president, I don't know. That's a harder question, a much bigger question than the facts of the case."Comey said:"Sure looks like it's there with respect to at least a couple of those episodes of obstruction.
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