Comey _______
'inappropriate' and 'very concerning' meetings
with Trump
In a sweeping opening statement
_____________ ahead of his testimony
to the Senate Intelligence Committee,
former FBI Director James Comey _____________
a series of interactions with Donald Trump
in which he _____________
the president _____________
him
_____________uncomfortable and "concerned,"
_____________
him for "loyalty,"
_____________
him to _____________ the president's name
and _____________ the investigation
into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
In the statement,
Comey _____________
a cringe-worthy portrait of his meetings and calls
with the newly-minted commander-in-chief -- [(화폐를)주조하다]
closed-door meetings, private dinners and phone calls
in which he _____________
Trump _____________
on the subject of Flynn and the Russia investigation.
The interactions _____________
him
in an "awkward silence" with Trump
at one point
and _____________
him to __________ Attorney General Jeff Sessions [be 간청하다]
not to __________ "any further direct communication
between the President and me."
What Comey and Trump _____________
_____________
a matter of intense debate
after news _____________
last month
that Trump _____________
Comey to __________ the brakes
on the Flynn investigation, allegations
_____________ in a memo
that _____________ to ABC News.
The alleged request _____________
the specter of obstruction of justice,
but the White House _____________
wrongdoing.
Read Comey's prepared testimony
Trump's motivations
for firing Comey
in May
_____________
under scrutiny. [sc 정밀조사]
Initially, the White House _____________
to a letter from the deputy attorney general
_____________ Comey's botched handling of the Clinton investigation,
but he later _____________
he _____________ about Russia
when he _____________ to fire Comey.
And Trump's claim
in his letter firing Comey
that the FBI director _____________
him three times
that he _____________ not under investigation
also _____________ a point of contention.
Comey associates __________ skeptical, [as 연상] [sk 의심스러운]
but the former director _____________ to testify tomorrow
that he _____________
those assurances
(though it _____________unclear
if Comey _____________ to "counter-intelligence" investigations
as he _____________
at one point or any investigation).
“The President _____________
that Mr. Comey has finally publicly __________
his private reports
that the President _____________ not under investigation
in any Russian probe,"
Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz _____________
in a statement.
"The President _____________
completely and totally
_____________. [vi 정당성을 입증하다]
He _____________ to continue
_____________to move forward
with his agenda.”
Here's a look
at what Comey is __________
to __________ in his testimony Thursday:
"Loyalty"
In one notable exchange,
Comey _____________
a private dinner
at the White House on Jan. 27
when Trump _____________ to his future
as FBI director.
"A few moments later,
the President _____________ ,
'I _____________ loyalty,
I _____________ loyalty,'"
the statement _____________ .
"I _____________ move, speak, or change
my facial expression
in any way
during the awkward silence
that _____________ .
We simply _____________
at each other
in silence."
When Trump _____________
to the top
at the end of the dinner,
Comey only _____________ "honesty."
"He _____________ and then _____________ ,
'That’s what I _____________ , honest loyalty,'"
the statement _____________ .
"I _____________ , and then _____________ ,
'You __________ that
from me.'"
During a May 12 press briefing,
Press Secretary Sean Spicer _____________
that Trump __________ Comey
for loyalty.
"No," Spicer _____________
when _____________ if "the President _____________ him [i 간청하다]
to _____________ his loyalty to the President."
Comey also _____________
his version of a Feb. 14 meeting,
where he ____________
Trump _____________ him
to _____________ any investigation
into former national security adviser Mike Flynn
after _____________ other advisers,
as well as the attorney general,
from the Oval Office.
Some _____________
that obstruction of justice _____________ to Trump
because of his request to Comey
about Flynn,
but the White House _____________
that the president _____________ to _____________ the probe.
"The president has never __________
Mr. Comey or anyone else
to _____________ any investigation,
_____________ any investigation
____________ General Flynn,"
the White House statement from May
_____________ .
In Comey's statement,
he _____________ Trump's alleged closed-door efforts
to __________ him to __________ the other way.
“I _____________
you _____________ your way clear
to __________ this go,
to __________ Flynn go.
He _____________ a good guy.
I _____________
you _____________ this go.”
Trump _____________,
according to the prepared statement
from Comey.
Trump's alleged request
to Comey --
first _____________
last month after sources _____________
a memo Comey _____________
about the matter --
_____________ a day
after Flynn had _____________ .
Comey,
who _____________ he _____________
Flynn _____________ a "good guy,"
_____________ in his statement
that he _____________ Trump
he _____________ the Flynn investigation go.
"I _____________ the President
to be requesting
that we _____________ any investigation of Flynn
in connection with false statements
about his conversations
with the Russian ambassador
in December,"
the statement _____________.
"I did not __________
the President to be __________
about the broader investigation
into Russia or possible links
to his campaign.
I _____________ wrong,
but I _____________ him to be _____________
on what had just __________
with Flynn’s departure and the controversy
around his account of his phone calls.
Regardless,
it _____________ very concerning,
____________ the FBI’s role
as an independent investigative agency."
In the wake of news of the Comey memo
last month,
some _____________
why Comey didn't _____________
the matter forward
at the time.
Comey's testimony _____________ to address
that matter.
"The FBI leadership team _____________ with me
that it _____________ important
not to _____________ the investigative team
with the President’s request,
which we _____________ to abide,"
Comey's statement _____________ .
"We also _____________
that, given that it _____________ a one-on-one conversation,
there _____________ nothing available
to _____________ my account." [확증하다]
The former FBI director _____________
the leadership team _____________
"it _____________ little sense"
to _____________Trump's request
about Flynn to Sessions,
who was _____________ to _____________ himself
in the Russia probe,
or the acting deputy attorney general,
who was not going to be
in the role long,
Comey _____________ .
"After _____________ the matter,
we _____________
to keep it very closely held,
_____________ to figure out
what to do with it down the road
as our investigation _____________ ,"
the statement _____________ .
When _____________ om May 18
if he had "in any way, shape or form" _____________ Comey
to _____________ the Flynn investigation,
Trump _____________ "No. No. Next question."
Shortly after his Feb. 14 meeting with Trump,
however, Comey _____________ an in-person meeting
with Sessions and
"_____________ the Attorney General
to _____________ any future direct communication
between the President and me."
Comey also _____________
that when he _____________ to Sessions
that he _____________
it _____________ "inappropriate" for the president
to _____________ the AG
from the room
but _____________ the FBI director behind,
Sessions "did not __________."
"For the reasons
discussed above,
I _____________ not mention
that the President _____________ [br 운을 떼다]
the FBI’s potential investigation of General Flynn,"
he _____________.
3 assurances
Trump was not under investigation
During the interactions,
Comey _____________
Trump three times
that he _____________ not "personally" the subject of a counter-intelligence investigation,
a fact that Trump allegedly _____________ he "get out,"
according to Comey's prepared remarks.
The former FBI director's first encounter with Trump _____________
in Jan. 6
when Trump _____________ president-elect,
for an intelligence briefing
on the "salacious and unverified" dossier [조서]
when Trump _____________ president-elect.
"That _____________ true;
we did not have
an open counter-intelligence case
on him,"
Comey's testimony _____________.
Comey's testimony _____________,
"During our one-on-one meeting
at Trump Tower,
_____________ on President-elect Trump’s reaction
to the [Jan 6] briefing
and without him directly _____________ the question,
I _____________ that assurance."
The remarks _____________
Comey _____________
Trump similar assurances
during a dinner on Jan. 27
and a March 30 phone call.
"Cloud" _____________
over the presidency
Over a March 30 phone call,
Trump _____________ Comey
that the Russia investigation --
which _____________ the new administration for months --
_____________ a "cloud"
that _____________ impairing his ability
to do his job as president.
"He _____________
what we _____________
to 'lift the cloud.'"
Comey _____________ .
According to Comey,
Trump _____________ him
to _____________ a way to publicly _____________
that the FBI isn't investigating him.
"I _____________ him
I _____________ what we could do,
and that we would do our investigative work well
and as quickly as we could,"
Comey's testimony _____________ .
Comey then _____________
Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente
for guidance.
On April 11 -- the last time Comey spoke to Trump --
the president _____________ Comey,
_____________ to know
what Comey _____________
to _____________ his request
that he "get out"
that Trump _____________ not personally under investigation,
Comey's statement _____________ .
Comey _____________ Trump
that the White House counsel, Don McGahn, should _____________
the Justice Department
to _____________ the request.
"He _____________
he _____________ that and added,
'Because I _____________very loyal to you, very loyal;
we _____________ that thing you know.'
I did not _____________ or ask him
what he _____________
by 'that thing,'"
Comey writes.
Trump ultimately _____________ the decision
to _____________ Comey on May 9,
an unexpected decision
by Trump
that Democrats _____________
and some Republicans _____________ .
The president later _____________
in an interview with NBC
that he _____________ thinking of the Russia investigation
when he _____________ his mind
to fire Comey.
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