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“I would like to address the hearings that concluded just a few hours ago. After hearing Mr. Comey's testimony today, America is stunned. The cloud hanging over this administration has just gotten a whole lot darker. I commend both the chairman, Senator Burr, and the vice chairman, Senator Warner, for the way they ran this hearing. The Senate and the American people are better informed as a result of their work. Few committee hearings in the history of the Senate have produced the kind of eye-opening testimony we heard today. In its wake, I would like to make a few points. First, for weeks, media reports indicated that the President had directly and indirectly pressured the FBI Director to end the FBI's investigation into General Flynn. Innuendos and intimations swirled around. But we now know much more of the truth. There is now no doubt that Mr. Comey understood the President's request that he let go of the investigation into General Flynn--in a meeting during which it was discussed whether Mr. Comey would keep his job as FBI Director--as a direct effort to prevent that investigation from going further that looks a lot like a quid pro quo. During questioning from a Republican Senator, Mr. Risch, Mr. Comey told us that he took the President's conversation with him about the FBI investigation into General Flynn as a directive to scuttle that investigation. It is clear that President Trump's legal defense is to refute Mr. Comey's account.…”