Trump Tweet Led to Special CounselA Donald Trump tweet is the reason we have a special counsel investigation into Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump associates and Russians, according to testimony from former FBI Director James Comey.Comey testified Thursday that he shared with a friend a memo Comey had written about a conversation he'd had with Trump so that the friend could share the memo with a reporter–all for the purpose of triggering a special counsel investigation. And Comey did this, he testified, because he had read a tweet from Trump indicating that the president that he may have taped their conversations.
