Ex-FBI Boss Comey Heads To The Senate: Can It Live Up To The Hype?
James Comey is expected to tell Congress that, yes, he did tell Trump he wasn't under investigation — but that Trump asked him to back off Mike Flynn.
The former director of the FBI is expected to tell Congress that the president of the United States asked him to lay off an investigation to protect a disgraced former national security adviser.
Or as it's known inside Washington: "Thursday."
James Comey's appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee is unlike any event on Capitol Hill in recent years — anticipated for weeks, the subject of huge national scrutiny and scheduled for wall-to-wall news coverage.
The committee posted online Wednesday afternoon.
