individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. reporter: sources tell cnn comey learned that he was fired through tv reports while he was addressing fbi employees in the los angeles office. he was not at fbi headquarters to receive the president s letter. the shocking announcement coming just hours after cnn reported exclusively that federal prosecutors had issued a number of subpoenas to associates of trump s former national security adviser michael flynn. democrats accusing the president of trying to derail the fbi s russia investigation. this has nothing to do with russia, it has everything to do with whether the current fbi director has the president s confidence. reporter: president trump and his advisers attacking democrats who previously criticized comey for announcing that he was reopening the clinton e-mail investigation 11 days before the
offmode that can listen to conversations and relay those conversations back into u.s. spies, according to wikileaks. wikileaks also suggests the cia was even studying technology that would allow them to take control of a car by hacking its systems. the document mentions products by apple, google, samsung may have been hacked. it s no secret operating systems have shown vulnerabilities and manufacturers regularly offer fixes. the most notable hacking in a terrorism case came when the fbi paid a private company more than $1 million to hack into the phone of san bernardino terrorist sayid far ruk. even now the fbi director saying there is no such thing as absolute privacy in america. there is no place in america outside of judicial reach. reporter: the next big worry is that wikileaks could publish
thousands of e-mails on a laptop belonging to disgraced congressman anthony weiner, and his estranged wife, huma abedin. key aide to hillary clinton. just eight days from the election, the fbi has now obtained a warrant to search those e-mails found in a separate investigation of weiner for allegedly sexting with a minor. officials tell cnn comey was made aware of the e-mails in mid-october, but only went to congress with the information after he was given a fuller briefing on thursday. today, the white house walking a fine line, praising director comey s character director comey is a man of integrity, he s a man of principle. he s a man who is well regarded by senior officials in both parties. reporter: but communicating the importance of fbi traditions, limiting public discussion of ongoing investigations, especially close to an election. would not the white house say let s put more information out there then? i think that was the hope that director comey had.
subpoenas to two key trump confidants. james comey is expected to testify as soon as next week before the senate intelligence committee about any possible pressure he felt from president trump to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn and flynn s ties to russia. sources tell cnn comey documented his february 14th meeting with president trump detailing the president s plea this way i hope can you see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. he is a good guy, i hope can you let this goe. the president was on the attack tweeting about quote the false or misleading testimony by james comey, john brennan, witch hunt. comey has spoken with special counsel robert mueller to work out the parameters of his testimony and comey will likely sit down with mueller afterward. this is all after investigators are widening the scope of people they reached out to. at least nine trump associates so far. house intelligence committee issued subpoenas to mich
investigation? yes. i said, if it s possible, will you let me know, am i under investigation? he said, you are not under investigation. why was the president so consumed by this that he would ask that question on three separate occasions? i think because the narrative continued to be perpetuated. he wanted clarity. reporter: on february 14, another key moment between president trump and director comey, this time in the oval office. sources say comey documented the meeting in a memo which was described to cnn. comey says the president ushered others out of the room, including the vice-president, then that trump allegedly asked comey to drop the investigation into general michael flynn s contacts with russia. flynn was fired as trump s national security adviser after admitting to inappropriate contacts with russia. a source told cnn comey was so surprised by the president s request he documented everything he could remember for senior fbi officials.