--- title: Comey Testimony: Read What Marc Kasowitz Said Afterwards description: Read what President Donald Trump's attorney said in response to James Comey's testimony. canonical: https://time.com/4811712/comey-testimony-marc-kasowitz-transcript/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-08T20:34:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:20:39.866Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read What Trump's Attorney Said After Comey's Testimony og:description: Marc Kasowitz denied key parts of Comey's testimony og:url: https://time.com/4811712/comey-testimony-marc-kasowitz-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65bff877367b0384/6988d0f18fd2eeae0a357733/marc-kasowitz-james-comey-senate-hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: U.S. President Trump's lawyer Kasowitz delivers a statement in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read What Trump's Attorney Said After Comey's Testimony twitter:description: Marc Kasowitz denied key parts of Comey's testimony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65bff877367b0384/6988d0f18fd2eeae0a357733/marc-kasowitz-james-comey-senate-hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read What President Trump's Attorney Said After James Comey's Testimony > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz, speaks to the news media after the congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S. June 8, 2017. Yuri Gripas—REUTERS  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 8, 2017 8:34 PM UTC After former [FBI Director James Comey’s ](http://time.com/4811176/comey-testimony-donald-trump-questions/)three-hour testimony in Congress, President Trump’s personal attorney gave a public statement disputing parts of his account. Marc Kasowitz said two parts of Comey’s sworn testimony, in which he claims Trump asked him to for full loyalty and, on a separate occasion, asked him to “let go” of any investigation into[ former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, ](http://time.com/4781623/michael-flynn-james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-investigation/)are not true. Kasowitz also lambasted Comey for testifying that he ha[d asked a friend](http://time.com/4811044/james-comey-testimony-media-leaks/) to read one of his memos of an encounter with Trump to a _New York Times_ reporter. 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