CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. et al v. TRUMP et al

Filing 3

LARGE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT(S) re 2 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order filed by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., ABILIO JAMES ACOSTA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 7, # 2 Exhibit 8, # 3 Exhibit 9, # 4 Exhibit 10, # 5 Exhibit 11, # 6 Exhibit 12, # 7 Exhibit 13, # 8 Exhibit 14, # 9 Exhibit 15, # 10 Exhibit 16, # 11 Exhibit 17, # 12 Exhibit 18, # 13 Exhibit 19, # 14 Exhibit 20, # 15 Exhibit 21, # 16 Exhibit 22, # 17 Exhibit 23, # 18 Exhibit 24, # 19 Exhibit 25, # 20 Exhibit 26, # 21 Exhibit 27, # 22 Exhibit 28, # 23 Exhibit 29, # 24 Exhibit 30, # 25 Exhibit 31, # 26 Exhibit 32, # 27 Exhibit 33, # 28 Exhibit 34, # 29 Exhibit 35, # 30 Exhibit 36, # 31 Exhibit 37, # 32 Exhibit 38, # 33 Exhibit 39, # 34 Exhibit 40, # 35 Exhibit 41, # 36 Exhibit 42, # 37 Exhibit 43, # 38 Exhibit 44, # 39 Exhibit 45, # 40 Exhibit 46, # 41 Exhibit 47, # 42 Exhibit 48, # 43 Exhibit 49, # 44 Exhibit 50, # 45 Exhibit 51, # 46 Exhibit 52, # 47 Exhibit 53, # 48 Exhibit 54)(jf)

Exhibit 15

11/12/2018

Trump claims he didn't fire Comey over Russia investigation - POLITICO

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President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that his firing of former FBI Director James
Comey was not related to the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference of the 2016
election, contradicting the explanation he offered in the days after Comey’s firing was first
announced.
“Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director in history, was not fired because of the
phony Russia investigation where, by the way, there was NO COLLUSION (except by the
Dems)!” the president wrote on Twitter.

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11/12/2018

Trump claims he didn't fire Comey over Russia investigation - POLITICO

Trump fired Comey last May, a step the White House initially said he took based on the
recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who had written a memo
suggesting the FBI director’s dismissal over his unusually public handling of the bureau’s
investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as
secretary of state.
But Trump upended that messaging days later when he told NBC News’s Lester Holt that
he was planning to fire Comey regardless of Rosenstein’s recommendation and that the
bureau’s Russia probe was on his mind as he made the decision.

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"When I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with
Trump and Russia is a made-up story," Trump told Holt of his decision to fire Comey. "It's
an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won."
Comey said during an interview on ABC's "The View" Wednesday that he took Trump "at
his word" when the president told Holt the Russia probe crossed his mind when he decided
to dismiss the FBI director.
Comey added that he didn't know "what to make of" the president's tweet, but that the
contradictory statements demonstrated that "the president is not committed to the truth as
a central American value."
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11/12/2018

Trump claims he didn't fire Comey over Russia investigation - POLITICO

The former FBI director has retaken center stage this week amid a publicity tour to
promote his new book. In both the book itself and in interviews promoting it, Comey has
characterized the president as a liar who has undermined American values and is morally
unfit to hold his office.
The White House has responded in kind, labeling Comey a leaker and a liar whose
congressional testimony had to be corrected almost as soon as it was given. Trump wrote
on Twitter over the weekend that Comey “will go down as the WORST FBI Director in
history, by far!”
Cristiano Lima contributed to this report.

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