President Trump
Donald John TrumpMichelle Wolf in July Fourth salute: 'God bless abortions and God bless America' Graham: Trump's Supreme Court picks 'all winners' Man arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Trump supporters, GOP lawmaker MORE on Thursday said he did spend the night in Moscow the night before the Miss Universe contest in 2013 and accused former FBI Director James Comey
James Brien ComeyTrump lawyers tore into Comey as dishonest, 'Machiavellian' in confidential memo: report Memos detail FBI’s ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign Memos detail FBI’s ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign MORE of lying in memos detailing their conversations.
"I went to Russia for a day or so," Trump said in an interview on "Fox & Friends." "Of course I stayed there."
The president's claim appears to contradict what Comey says he was told by Trump. Comey recalled in memos released last week that Trump twice told him that he hadn't stayed the night in Russia during the trip.
Trump accuses Comey of lying in his memos, when he recalls Trump telling him he didn't spend a night in Moscow. https://t.co/hRRhQDTcTy pic.twitter.com/kcFOsQEKE6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2018
Comey said he authored such memos to document his interactions with Trump, out of concern that the president could lie about their conversations.
Trump said that he never told Comey that he didn't stay overnight in Moscow and pointed to the apparent contradiction as an example of the inaccuracy of the former FBI director's memos.
Flight records obtained by Bloomberg also confirmed Trump’s overnight stay at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow.
Trump fired Comey in May, saying the dismissal was due to the former top cop's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump tweets video montage of people saying he couldn't win presidency Baseless attacks on Robert Mueller must end to protect our democracy Ex-NATO commander: Trump right to demand NATO members pay more for defense MORE's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of State.
Trump later acknowledged that he took the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election into account when he fired Comey.
Comey's ouster has become part of the special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE's Russia investigation as he looks into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice.
