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On the recordApril 17, 2018
Regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. 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 have won.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump explains his decision to fire Comey, attributing it to the Russia investigation being a fabricated story.

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