Later that evening, the President told his communications team he was unhappy with the press coverage of Comey’s termination and ordered them to go out and defend him.1738 The President also called Chris Christie and, according to Christie, said he was getting “killed” in the press over Comey’s termination.1739 The President asked what he should do.1740 Christie asked, “Did you fire [Comey] because of what Rod wrote in the memo?”, and the President responded, “Yes.”1741 Christie said that the President should “get Rod out there” and have him defend the decision.1742 The President told Christie
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