AP FACT CHECK: James who? Trump paints Comey as a stranger
WASHINGTON — James who?
President Donald Trump contended in recent days that he didn’t know his FBI chief, James Comey, well enough to lean on him for his loyalty.
That was one of a number of claims by the president that called for scrutiny in the fierce backwash of Comey’s accusations in Senate testimony that Trump exerted improper pressure on him to back off an FBI investigation.
A review of some statements from the president and his people on the Russia investigation, NATO, health care and more: