Trump accuses former FBI director of lying under oath after fiery congress testimony

Trump accuses former FBI director of lying under oath after fiery congress testimony: US President Donald Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of lying under oath in the wake of Comey’s blockbuster Thursday testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Reuters reports. Comey publicly accused Trump of trying to halt a federal investigation into former aide Michael Flynn’s alleged ties to Russia and said that Trump had asked him when he was first sworn in to “pledge loyalty to the president, an unusual request that would put in doubt the independence of the FBI,” the newswire says. The accusations are “devastating to President Trump,” says The Washington Post, as they make him out to be “a liar who sought to halt the federal investigation into a former top aide and putting him in dire legal peril.”