Donald Trump 'plans to live-tweet former FBI Director James Comey's testimony'
The FBI is conducting an ongoing investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is reportedly planning to live-tweet former FBI Director James Comey's Congressional testimony.
Mr Comey is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on 8 June - in public and closed door sessions - to speak about the ongoing FBI investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign team and Russia as well as possible Russian interference with the US election.
Mr Trump fired Mr Comey on 9 May and faced backlash for the unexpected decision from Democrats and Republicans alike.
Normally federal employees at such a high level with decades of experience like Mr Comey has are given the opportunity to resign rather than being sacked. However the White House leaked his termination letter which stated that Mr Trump thought Mr Comey eroded "public trust and confidence" in the FBI.
Mr Comey is also expected to testify about memos he wrote while Director which allegedly detailed conversations he had with the President.
The New York Times reported that in at least one conversation Mr Trump asked Mr Comey to "let it go" with regards to the FBI investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's allegedly receiving illegal payments from the Turkish government.
The National Archives and Records Administration asked the White House to save all of the President's tweets, even those deleted, to be part of their records. Former President Obama's official Twitter account has entered the archive as well.
The President appears to favour the micro-blogging social media site as a way to communicate with the public, often sparking controversy with his remarks on a range of issues. The Washington Post reported that Mr Trump wants to be the one "driving the process" during Mr Comey's testimony.
Senior aide Kellyanne Conway recently criticised the media for having “this obsession with covering everything he says on Twitter and very little of what of he does as President."
Mr Trump recently taunted the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in the wake of the London Bridge attack and praised Saudi Arabia for cutting ties with Qatar over funding terror groups.
During his term in office, he has not yet live-tweeted any events.
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