Trump has never hidden his hostility toward what he’s called a “witch hunt.' But many of the president’s efforts to fight back were made public for the first time on Thursday.
In the summer of 2016, not long after WikiLeaks began releasing damaging material hacked by the Russian government from the servers of the Democratic National Committee, candidate Donald Trump was traveling to an airport with campaign aide Rick Gates. Trump got off a phone call and told Gates more material would be coming.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Three months later, in October, WikiLeaks released emails hacked from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta. Days before Trump’s inauguration, news leaked of Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador, and Flynn, the incoming national security adviser, instructed his deputy, K.T. McFarland, to deny the story to the Washington Post, which she did, even though she knew her denial was false.
Then, in mid-February, as the FBI investigated whether Flynn had lied to its agents, Trump fired his national security advisor. At the lunch, Trump repeatedly implored Christie to reach out to Comey and tell the FBI director that Trump really likes him. “Tell him he’s part of the team,” Trump said. Christie ignored the request.
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