Comey told Trump he was not under investigation

Published 1:39 pm Wednesday, June 7, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey says he informed Donald Trump in early January that he was not personally under investigation in the bureau’s Russia counter-intelligence investigation.

Trump was then president-elect. Comey says that the decision to give Trump that assurance came after consultation with top bureau officials.

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Comey says he documented their meeting afterward by typing up notes on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower “the moment I walked out of the meeting.”

That revelation and others are contained in written testimony Comey submitted Wednesday ahead of his appearance Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

They confirm some of what has already been reported publicly in the media. But the information has not previously come directly and publicly from Comey.