'Is this a joke?': Donald Trump Jr. blasts James Comey's testimony and defends Trump against 'DC elite'
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Donald Trump Jr. is defending his father on Twitter after former FBI Director James Comey questioned the president's honesty in Thursday's hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Comey on Wednesday had released prepared remarks confirming previous bombshell reports that President Donald Trump had asked the FBI director for his loyalty and to "let go" of the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn in relation to its larger investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election.
In a different opening statement at Thursday's hearing, Comey said the administration tried to "defame" him and the FBI by spreading "lies" after Comey was fired in May.
Trump Jr. blasted these allegations and defended his father in a lengthy tweetstorm:
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872828184575737861
1/3 Flynn stuff is BS in context 2 guys talking about a guy they both know well. I hear "I hope nothing happens but you have to do your job"
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872828336560640002
2/3 very far from any kind of coercion or influence and certainly not obstruction!
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872828608464773120
3/3 Knowing my father for 39 years when he "orders or tells" you to do something there is no ambiguity, you will know exactly what he means
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872829135487475712
Hoping and telling are two very different things, you would think that a guy like Comey would know that. #givemeabreak
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872829744076738560
Comey "I could be wrong"
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872830442344415232
So if he was a "Stronger guy" he might have actually followed procedure & the law? You were the director of the FBI, who are you kidding?????
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872833523627040768
Solid point and seems rather convenient for the partisan nonsense we have seen play out for months. https://t.co/PpYkSVRzmA
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872834229985529856
We all know that there is no way anyone in the swamp would leak something favorable to #potus. Otherwise this whopper would be everywhere! https://t.co/hO5SCD3Nd2
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872835198475538432
I wonder why that is???
I don't often ask for RTs but this one is likely worth it. https://t.co/KSZYlPg6L3
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872837045080739843
Interesting! When @AlanDersh (not exactly the alt right) is continually backing up @realDonaldTrump you know its over. #NothingBurger https://t.co/MUYbmk2VdR
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872837441950031872
And again https://t.co/nnG2JstTKw
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872837638562172930
and again https://t.co/EalG0OzDUu
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872837832603299840
and again... I could do this all day but you get the idea. https://t.co/hWcIqHZvOx
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872838297713815552
Did I miss something or did Comey just say he asked a friend to leak information to the press? Is this a joke?
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872839506906546177
Washington DC at its finest. This is what America rallied against, but the DC elite don't get it or know any other way. https://t.co/H5SszE4uL4
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872844782707634176
Comey: No votes were altered in the 2016 election. #ComeyHearing
https://t.co/laDP0ePJ29
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872845200594542592
Sen Blunt: If you told Sessions you didn't want to be alone with Trump again, why did you continue to take his calls?
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872845934157234179
SO TRUE: He was more than willing to leak something against @realDonaldTrump but not something that exonerates him? Classy guy https://t.co/UqTtp3b6Nm
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/872847785716011008
Seems like she may be the only one having a really bad day. Isn't the "for political reasons" a big problem??? https://t.co/IWOR4se8Kd
Read more about Comey's historic testimony here»
Max Tani contributed to this story.