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Richard Luscombe

Ex-Trump lawyer says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’

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Donald Trump speaks to the media in Washington DC on 26 September. Photograph: Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

The indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a concerted effort by Donald Trump to “rewrite history” in his favor, a former senior White House lawyer claimed on Sunday as he warned of more retribution to come for the president’s political opponents.

Ty Cobb, who defended Trump’s first administration during the Mueller investigation into his 2016 campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia, also told CBS that he doubted Comey would be convicted, if the case ever reached trial.

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