<p class="p1"><!--<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-75853 default" src="https://cdn.media.rollcall.com/author/2017/05/king_BC_226_033017.jpg" alt="king_BC_226_033017" width="2400" height="1611"/>--></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Maine independent Sen. <a shape="rect" class="memberLink" title="Click to view member info in a new window" href="https://data.rollcall.com/members/1353?rel=memberLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Angus King</a> said Wednesday morning that he had a new job in mind for fired FBI Director James Comey: Leading an independent investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and any possible collusion with people connected to the Trump administration. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">King, speaking on CNN’s “New Day,” called the thought, “a fun idea,” that occured to him, “in the middle of the night.” He went on to extol Comey’s qualifications for the job. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">“Already got his clearances, knows the subject, man of integrity. I’m going to float that today and see what kind of reaction I’m going to get,” King said.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Comey confirmed in testimony before Congress last week that the Justice Department was investigating any links between people close to the Trump campaign and the Russian government. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">In his comments Wednesday, King joined a chorus of Democrats to call for a special prosecutor to continue that investigation.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">“If the administration doesn’t have anything to hide, they ought to be cooperating and helping with this,” King said. “Otherwise, this issue is just going to dog them for years, and it’s just going to keep being a dark cloud over whatever they do.”</span> </p><p/><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Independant <a shape="rect" href="https://twitter.com/SenAngusKing">@SenAngusKing</a> says he'll push for former FBI Dir. James Comey to lead Senate probe into Russia/ WH ties <a shape="rect" href="https://t.co/rSxnnP2TKC">https://t.co/rSxnnP2TKC</a></p> — New Day (@NewDay) <a shape="rect" href="https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/862261593350057984">May 10, 2017</a></blockquote><p/><script async="async" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">var rcrdTwitter = 1;</script><div id="cqrcPostAdditional"></div>
