Former FBI director James Comey said in a Thursday night interview with The New Yorker’s David Remnick that he thinks the country would probably be better off if Hillary Clinton were elected president.

During an earlier interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Comey declined to say if he thinks Clinton would have been a better president than Trump, stating, “I can’t answer that.”

He apparently later changed his mind, telling Remnick that he thinks the country would probably be better off with Clinton and that voters bear some responsibility for choosing Trump.

There it is: Comey says we’d probably be better off if Hillary Clinton was president, adds that the country bears responsibility for poor presidential choices. — Max Tani (@maxwelltani) April 20, 2018

Comey also told Tapper that he doesn’t dislike Trump, which he says his wife was not happy about. He added that he feels sorry for Trump because, “he has an emptiness inside of him and a need for affirmation I’ve never seen in an adult.”

Comey says his wife asked him why he told @jaketapper he didn’t dislike Trump. Comey says he actually feels sorry for Trump because “he has an emptiness inside of him and a need for affirmation I’ve never seen in an adult.” — Max Tani (@maxwelltani) April 20, 2018

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