Top aides persuaded Trump to be quiet on Twitter during Comey testimony: report

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Top aides persuaded Trump to be quiet on Twitter during Comey testimony: report
 By Max Greenwood  - 06/08/17 09:21 PM EDT 

President Trump's top aides and personal lawyer convinced him not to chime in on Twitter during former FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony on Thursday, The Washington Post reported.

In the run up to the highly anticipated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, speculation swirled as to how Trump might respond. But the president remained silent on Twitter – his preferred medium – Thursday morning and throughout Comey's nearly three hour public testimony.

Instead, his response came from his attorney Marc Kasowitz, whom Trump hired last month to help him navigate the controversies and potential legal threats of the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/337074-top-aides-persuaded-trump-to-be-quiet-on-twitter-during-comey

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The tweet that got James Comey to go to the press

By Zachary Cohen, CNN

Updated 7:40 PM ET, Thu June 8, 2017


 Washington (CNN) — Fired FBI Director James Comey saw a tweet from President Donald Trump and made a decision that will have untold ramifications.

"James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Trump tweeted on the morning of May 12.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/james-comey-leaking-memo/index.html