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Trump news at a glance: president says he hopes ‘there will be others’ after Comey indictment

James Comey raises his right hand to swear in for a Senate hearing
James Comey is sworn in during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC in June 2017. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump has denied the indictment of former FBI director James Comey is part of a campaign of retribution against his political opponents.

The US president told reporters on Friday: “It’s about justice, it’s not about revenge. He didn’t think he’d be caught, and he got caught,” Trump said, referring to the former FBI director he fired in 2017. “He lied. He lied a lot,” the president claimed.

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