Former Director of Federal Bureau of Investigations James Comey (C) is welcomed by Senate Intelligence Committee members before a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington D.C., the United States, on June 8, 2017. James Comey said Thursday during a Senate hearing that Trump in his words did not order the FBI to drop the investigation on former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Comey testified that even though Trump's words were not "an order", he nevertheless "took it as a direction." (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
