President Trump contradicted his own comments from last year on the role that the Russia investigation played in the firing of former FBI director James Comey in a Wednesday tweet:
Flashback: In May 2017, Trump told NBC's Lester Holt about his decision to fire Comey: "In fact, when I decided to just do it I said to myself, 'you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won.'"
