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Rafi Schwartz
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Senior writer. When in doubt he'll have the soup.

Reed asks if Comey believed the ongoing investigation “could, in fact, include the president.” Read more

Next up, Sen. Cornyn, who begins by praising Comey, before asking whether an FBI agent who has reason to believe that a crime has been committed then has a duty to report it. Read more

Now speaking, Sen. Kamala Harris, who points out that both she and Comey are former prosecutors. Read more

Cotton asks whether Comey believes Trump himself colluded with Russia. Comey refuses to answer in the open hearing. Read more

Manchin asks Comey about the possibility of his having been recorded while meeting with the president.

Comey discussing a debate over the language used to describe his work—says he was told use the term “matter”

Lankford asking how, specifically, the president might explicitly stop an ongoing investigation. Read more

King pushes Comey on both the Steele dossier and the Russian Vnesheconombank (VEB) bank. Comey refuses to answer in an open hearing. Read more

Comey going into detail about scheduling dinner with Trump. Sayss he “had to break a date” with his wife. Read more

Now, Sen. King, who starts by asking whether the Russian effort in the 2016 was a one-off event, or if it’s part of a larger process. Comey: “They’ll be back.” Read more

Blunt pushing Comey on why he felt he could release his memo on his Trump conversation to the public. Comey responds that he released them as a private citizen, and they were his personal “recollection” of the event. Read more

Heinrich now seems to be asking about reports that Jared Kushner’s attempt to set up a backchannel to the Russian government. Read more

Heinrich essentially asks “why should we believe you?” Read more