--- ---  # President Trump Claims 'Complete Vindication' After James Comey's Testimony  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 9, 2017 11:41 AM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House June 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House June 7, 2017 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 9, 2017 11:41 AM UTC President Trump broke his silence on former FBI Director [James Comey](http://time.com/4811525/comey-testimony-capitol-hill-hearing/)‘s congressional testimony, tweeting that he feels “complete vindication.” “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!” Trump tweeted around 6 a.m. ET Friday. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/873120139222306817) Trump’s tweet echoes key language from his lawyer’s Thursday afternoon [statement](http://time.com/4811712/comey-testimony-marc-kasowitz-transcript/), which said in part, “The President feels completely vindicated and is eager to continue moving forward with his agenda with this public cloud removed.” It also continues the trend of Trump and his allies selectively reading Comey’s multiple hours of testimony, trumpeting the parts they like (Comey confirmed that he told Trump that Trump was not under FBI investigation, and he admitted to having a friend [leak a memo](http://time.com/4811044/james-comey-testimony-media-leaks/) to the press) and [dismissing ](http://time.com/4811189/comey-testimony-marc-kasowitz-trump-lawyer/)the parts they don’t (Comey said Trump [asked him for loyalty](http://time.com/4809221/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump-loyalty/?iid=sr-link2), which may lead to an obstruction of justice investigation, among [other revelations](http://time.com/4811175/comey-testimony-donald-trump-highlights/?xid=homepage)). Comey Testimony: Trump Claims 'Complete Vindication' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4812412/comey-testimony-trump-vindication/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4812412/comey-testimony-trump-vindication/"},"headline":"President Trump Claims 'Complete Vindication' After James Comey's Testimony","datePublished":"2017-06-09T11:41:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:21:09.403Z","description":"The president finally took to Twitter to share his thoughts","url":"https://time.com/4812412/comey-testimony-trump-vindication/","keywords":["White House","Congress","James Comey","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73dcf3555de53756/6988d0a0196cf4b26d040789/donald-trump-approval-rating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73dcf3555de53756/6988d0a0196cf4b26d040789/donald-trump-approval-rating.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Departs White House En Route To Cincinnati, Ohio","caption":"President Trump Departs White House En Route To Cincinnati, Ohio","creditText":"Win McNamee—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/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4812412/comey-testimony-trump-vindication/","name":"President Trump Claims 'Complete Vindication' After James Comey's Testimony"}}]}] ```