--- ---  # Watch Live: James Comey Testifies Before the Senate (8 Jun 2017) by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 8, 2017 1:00 PM UTC  Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday May 03, 2017 in Washington, DC. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday May 03, 2017 in Washington, DC.The Washington Post—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 8, 2017 1:00 PM UTC Former [FBI director James Comey](http://time.com/4801610/james-comey-fired-senate-fbi-president-donald-trump-russia/) will testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday, amid a federal investigation into ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. Comey is expected to speak about Trump asking him for “loyalty” and answer questions about his [private conversations with Trump](http://time.com/4799869/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump/) while the FBI was looking into the President’s campaign contacts. Trump fired Comey from his bureau position in May. The highly anticipated testimony could shed new light on Comey’s interactions with Trump regarding the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. The White House and Trump backers plan to offset the potential damage by [undermining Comey’s credibility](http://time.com/4808091/donald-trump-james-comey-testimony-luck/?xid=homepage). When asked about Comey’s testimony on Tuesday, Trump told reporters: “I wish him luck.” Watch the hearing live above starting at 10 a.m. Eastern. Comey Testimony: Watch Former FBI Director Testify Live ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4809011/james-comey-testimony-senate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4809011/james-comey-testimony-senate/"},"headline":"Watch Live: James Comey Testifies Before the Senate (8 Jun 2017)","datePublished":"2017-06-08T13:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:09:54.748Z","description":"The former FBI director will speak about how President Trump asked him for \"loyalty\"","url":"https://time.com/4809011/james-comey-testimony-senate/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe9896d6c338de1f/6988d099bc6cfc68723e1b9e/james-comey-testimony.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe9896d6c338de1f/6988d099bc6cfc68723e1b9e/james-comey-testimony.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FBI Director James Comey - Washington, DC","caption":"FBI Director James Comey - Washington, DC","creditText":"The Washington Post—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/4809011/james-comey-testimony-senate/","name":"Watch Live: James Comey Testifies Before the Senate (8 Jun 2017)"}}]}] ```