A photo on June 7, 2017 shows the "Statement for the Record" released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of former FBI Director James B. Comey, to be read June 8, 2017, at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Comey confirmed in the statement for the record on June 7, 2017, ahead of his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, that US President Donald Trump urged him to drop an investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn, then under scrutiny for his Russia contacts. In the statement Comey also says, "The president said, 'I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.' I didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed." / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS