Sarah Sanders admitted she lied to media about firing of FBI Director James Comey: MuellerReport
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted she lied to the media about President Donald Trump’s highly controversial decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in 2017, according to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called on reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on August 15, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Later, in an interview with NBC News, the president specifically said the ongoing investigation into his campaign led to his decision to fire Comey. “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 for having lost an election that they should’ve won,” the president said.
Attorney General William Barr takes questions about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report at the Department of Justice on April 18 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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