--- title: James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Donald Trump: Watch description: FBI Director James Comey will testify before the House during a hearing on Russia and the 2016 election. Watch a live stream here canonical: https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-20T13:30:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:55:16.840Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Russia, Wiretaps og:description: The highly anticipated hearing begins at 10a.m. Monday og:url: https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37bba92979b82bfb/6988bf02bc6cfcb6343e0904/gettyimages-653597766.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FBI Director James Comey Briefs Senators On Capitol On Intelligence Matters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Russia, Wiretaps twitter:description: The highly anticipated hearing begins at 10a.m. Monday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37bba92979b82bfb/6988bf02bc6cfcb6343e0904/gettyimages-653597766.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Russia, Wiretaps by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Mar 20, 2017 1:30 PM UTC  FBI Director James Comey leaves a closed door meeting with Senators at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images FBI Director James Comey leaves a closed door meeting with Senators at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. Justin Sullivan—Getty ImagesJustin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Mar 20, 2017 1:30 PM UTC FBI Director James Comey will testify before the [House Intelligence Committee](http://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=770) during a hearing on Russian meddling into the 2016 election on Monday. You can watch live above beginning at 10 a.m. [The highly anticipated hearing ](http://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=770)is set to focus on the investigation into Russia’s involvement in widespread hacks during last year’s election, but Comey is also expected to face questions about Trump’s claims that his New York apartment building was wiretapped by former President Obama. [Obama](http://time.com/4691226/barack-obama-president-donald-trump-wiretap/?iid=sr-link2), [intelligence officials](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-dni-james-clapper-i-can-deny-wiretap-trump-tower-n729261) and a [growing group of lawmakers](http://time.com/4705124/donald-trump-wiretapping-republicans/) on Capitol Hill have said there is no evidence wiretapping occurred. The [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/05/us/politics/trump-seeks-inquiry-into-allegations-that-obama-tapped-his-phones.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article) reported that Comey asked officials at the Justice Department to publicly denounce Trump’s claims as false, though officials did not release a statement. During the hearing, Comey will have an opportunity to denounce the allegations himself. Lawmakers are eager to get definitive answers on whether Russia worked with officials from the Trump campaign during the election, which President Trump called “fake news” in an early-morning tweet on Monday. The hearing may provide some insight into the current investigation, but it’s unclear how much will be made public. When faced with questions about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election previously, Comey said he would not comment on an ongoing investigation in an open forum. Trump addressed the hearing on Twitter on Monday morning: > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/843772976151642112) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/843776582825267201) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/843803115044454402) James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Donald Trump: Watch ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/"},"headline":"Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Russia, Wiretaps","datePublished":"2017-03-20T13:30:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:55:16.840Z","description":"The highly anticipated hearing begins at 10a.m. Monday","url":"https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/","keywords":["Congress","James Comey","livestream","onetime","president trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37bba92979b82bfb/6988bf02bc6cfcb6343e0904/gettyimages-653597766.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37bba92979b82bfb/6988bf02bc6cfcb6343e0904/gettyimages-653597766.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FBI Director James Comey Briefs Senators On Capitol On Intelligence Matters","caption":"FBI Director James Comey Briefs Senators On Capitol On Intelligence Matters","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706457/james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-congress-russia/","name":"Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Before Congress on Russia, Wiretaps"}}]}] ```