{"id":1452,"date":"2017-06-09T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/09\/even-republicans-believe-comey-over-trump\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T20:21:00","slug":"even-republicans-believe-comey-over-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/even-republicans-believe-comey-over-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Republicans Believe Comey Over Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 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href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/hearings\/open-hearing-former-director-james-comey-fbi\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Senator Richard Burr (R-NC):<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;Jim, several of us on this committee have had the opportunity to work with you since you walked in the door. I want to say, personally, on behalf of all this&mdash;all the committee members, we&rsquo;re grateful to you for your service to your country, not just in the capacity as FBI director, but as prosecutor, and more importantly, being somebody that loves this country enough to tell it like it is.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/1706\/09\/nday.08.html\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Senator Susan Collins (R-ME):<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">COLLINS: &ldquo;I found Mr. Comey&rsquo;s testimony to be credible, candid and thorough. That doesn&rsquo;t mean that he&rsquo;s right in every detail that he&rsquo;s remembering. It doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean his interpretations are accurate. But he testified under oath, and I do believe that he&rsquo;s an individual of integrity who would not deliberately lie under oath.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">CUOMO: &ldquo;That would mean that the president is lying to the American people about his efforts to meddle in the Flynn probe.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">COLLINS: &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m not sure that we can reach definitive conclusions, but I tend to place more credence in testimony that&rsquo;s given under oath.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/337002-rubio-wont-rule-out-idea-that-trump-obstructed-justice\"><span lang=\"ES-MX\" style=\"color:#0563C1\">Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL):<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <span lang=\"ES-MX\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anybody would leave this hearing and say to you what the President said in the Oval Office on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of February was appropriate.&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/6\/8\/15745914\/republican-winner-comey-hearing-donald-trump\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC-11):<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;I believe that there was nothing untruthful about his testimony, but that being said, to make comments about perceptions in sworn testimony doesn&rsquo;t necessarily make it true,&rdquo; Meadows said. &ldquo;I think Comey wrote things down in a way that perhaps would have a narrative that reflects pretty good on him.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><u><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Rep. 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