Testimony is two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible discussion] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] like to call this hearing to order. Director comey, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today and more important live i thank you for your dedicatedandleadership to the federal bureau of investigation. Your appearance today speaks to the trust we have built over the years and im looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. Id like to remind my cool leagues well reconvene in closed session at 1 00 p. M. Today, and i ask that you reserve for that venue any questions that might get into classified information. The directors been very vicious gracious with his time but we worked out a specific timelinene for his commitment to be on the soil well do everything we took meet that agreement. The Senate Select it in committedee on intelligence exists to certify for the other 85 members of the
Call this hearing to order. Director comey, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. And more importantly for thank you for your dedicated service and leadership to the federal bureau of investigation. Your appearance today speaks to the trust we have built over the years, and im looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. Id like to remind my colleagues, that we will reconvene in closed session at 1 00 p. M. Today. And i ask that you reserve for that venue any questions that might get into classified information. The director has been very gracious with his time, but the vice chairman and i have worked out a very specific timeline for his commitment to be on the hill. Well do everything we can to meet that agreement. The Senate Select committee on intelligence exists to certify for the other 85 members of the United States senate and the American People that the Intelligence Community is operating lawfully and has the necessary authorities an
Franklin d. Roosevelt president ial library and museum in hyde park, new york, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. This was the scene thursday as jameseff comey arrived and testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. He is being greeted by richard burr and vice chair, mark warner. This hearing is about two hours and 41 minutes. Calling this hearing to order. Director comey i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. Director comey, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. And more importantly for thank you for your dedicated service and leadership to the federal bureau of investigation. Your appearance today speaks to the trust we have built over the years, and im looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. Id like to remind my colleagues, that we will reconvene in closed session at 1 00 p. M. Today. And i ask that you reserve for that venue any questio
Franklin d. Roosevelt president ial library and museum in hyde park, new york, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. This was the scene thursday as jameseff comey arrived and testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. He is being greeted by richard burr and vice chair, mark warner. This hearing is about two hours and 41 minutes. Calling this hearing to order. Director comey i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. Director comey, i appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today. And more importantly for thank you for your dedicated service and leadership to the federal bureau of investigation. Your appearance today speaks to the trust we have built over the years, and im looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. Id like to remind my colleagues, that we will reconvene in closed session at 1 00 p. M. Today. And i ask that you reserve for that venue any questio
Senator cotton. Mr. Comey youre encouraged the president to release the tapes. Will you encourage the department of justice or your friend at colombia or mr. Mueller to release your notes . Sure. You said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. Did you do so with Jeff Sessions or any other Senior Member of the Trump Department of justice . No. I think it im sorry. Did you record conversations and memos with attorney general lynch or another Senior Member of the Obama Department of justice. No, not that i recall. In your statement for the record you site nine private conversations with the president , three meetings and four phone calls not discussed in your statement for the record. What happened to those phone calls . The president called me i believe shortly before he was inaugurated as a followup to our conversation, private conversation on january the 6th. He just wanted to reiterate his rejection of the allegation and talk about he th