Transcript for James Comey criticizes White House for 'lies'

As we speak form RF BI director James call me as testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee. He's made it clear in his opening statement that you want to clear up all the confusion take a look. Confuse me when I saw on television. The president saying that he actually fired me because of the rush investigation. And learned again from the media. That he was telling private lead other parties. That my firing at relieved great pressure on the rush investigation. I was also confused by the initial explanation was offered publicly. That I was fired because the decisions I have made during the election year those relies. Plain and simple. A. Okay. Supposedly not isn't viewing party happening in the White House dining room right now. The tat legal team the sick man. A do you think that you know who has just done and it's time about all. And now look a little pats have junior has been tweeting Donald junior it. I don't help hoping and telling are two very different thing. Because one of the interrogators. Republicans said well what Donald Trump said to his I'd hope. That you will drop the investigation about flat. I'd hope he didn't say do it. So this kid is now grabbing on to that same hoping and telling the two very different things you would think that a guy like home it would note the difference give me a break if you. Hire them now I can't accept sell so. See out late selling some of my point is that when some says I hope that you don't cut my hair to shore like what having me. Don't cut my exes. What's implied yeah exactly what's also very important about it is Kohl meet further testified that he took that as. Direction he took that as a direction coming from the president of the United States and that is prime the fascia on its face obstruction of justice so you have the FBI director. One saying the reason he wrote memos is because quote here I soul acts. That he could lie I was on residence where lie light up in neat about that meeting of our meetings that was which way he never took these notes with Obama or bush yes because he didn't think several and then he testified that he felt that the president directed him to basically obstruct an ongoing investigation. I mean my god yeah people hate than adults I know you. I don't doubt that and ask how wet it. Yeah well I do think I I'm this Donaldson was not my favorite I didn't vote for him but I keep looking for the neediest smoking gun here. Grounds for impeachment and it's just not that he or not yeah when I would delay and obstruction of justice you need I mean isn't it my name. But it's not all the time I cannot say is just cannot do something out kind of. Impeachment not cannot just point out the testimony has just begun. I think that congress asked whether it's. Whether we're talking about impeachable stuff is not conversation we can actually applicable here and I don't out what's been released so far I would just has written statement com released a written testimony and now we started to see the oral testimony which we're gonna see the high but obstruct. He is isn't some things he's saying the president. Did not order him to stop an investigation into plant trot did not try to shut down investigation into collusion. Between potentially his official can not and the Russian government in fact there is evidence that trump said to call me if there are satellite associates. That did something wrong that are associated with me I hope you find that out. That is not president I actually yeah definitely somewhere out of a police outlined that. Read charges of obstruction of justice that would tile at the former federal prosecutor I want one. The F but he directed. The FBI. Director. Chu. Find his way to let go of the Flint investigations and now he said I hope you elect has gone only FII. And facts just. Testified. Under a little bit heat took it as a direction. Further he also asked the attorney general and everyone else in the room. To lean that way admitted prosecutor. I have to prove intent. OK let me added just yeah. And he also. Appeared BF. BI director and said it was because the Russian investigation right. Yeah. Find something. It took because we gotta get yeah. Yeah I was pressing him to look look I understand asking people lead but. Eating initial meetings that happened between call me and trot it was the FBI that wanted those meetings to be just between call me trump FBI superiors said this is the best way to conduct in needing and could it could have been embarrassing for whatever reason so. This building the trop had precedent for that and so can that would come before FBI wanted to that way let's do what I'm. What are adding the tail is three people tried to save him. Jeff Sessions covered and trucks that you can go now journalist covered is that you can go to you and then ramp for best popped his head in. A few minutes then he said and you are excuse that well are still the fact that it's three at yes that those three things would. Tell me that might be different when you're second. Summer and and I know that everybody is Saddam's. Crazed about this but I I am. I'm hoping that what will continue to happen is that he will do. What he should be doing which is telling the truth as he knows and that's what I care about it and what ever happens we won't know that end of this election in the day. You know so I'm thrilled and you know. It's kind of story next in the opening in select caught my god somebody's got there so. I'm treats as well. The home run and. You know oftentimes your head is spinning because. He will say one thing in and say something else and it's all about this thing but I just isn't. I'm have to Mikki hill but I'm not be able to trust him yeah I admit I trust you bet I don't want you Sarmiento 'cause you know this I don't need. This in bad in met in the big caps and I don't need on the big black instead trap made of when I think he was brought Jones besides back. Chris I don't that axle and I think he made a mistake when he fired calming because you know. The head of the FBI for forty yards thirty eased seven years comments about. And yet the reasoning never got fired because he had that he hadn't pitched into the spot every president so they couldn't find this guy saw still ahead you know. I did not I who has the information. The you know keep your friends close and read an a plus I think this is seen from the godfather this Kyra. I'm. I understand his call was a guy who lots of folks online you'll. Did do an injustice to Hillary Clinton I agree I think he made a lot of mistakes lately he bowled out all adds up. Everybody said this guy's gotta go this got cut inspired some aspires to got a number one well why went I don't know I don't know I don't when I wait let my outlet on the reality objects come. I held on to the because of what he did with L that's why he held. I'm just saying he held until it what lap then he's started to become an issue for you know. That's lacking but he he's sure the fighter ever gone without let me get pregnant and he and I ask you meet hit during the time that he was investigating. That's the rest of right you know not having every day we're talking to. Two different things I think there's a conversation to be had about judgment here and Trump's judgment and whether or not he knows protocol and and whether or not he understands the at the FBI is supposed to be in the cat an independent investigatory Britain Europe we can conversation yes I think it is a lot. But we're looking into whether or not this man did something that is potentially impeachable or is obstruction of justice that's a separate that's what I'm not seat and see a lot. Anybody has not playing the irony not legally in the yeah yeah. Yeah lawyer. You even ask legal people would so insistence that he treatment he hopes I didn't I relate when he heard it we of people you know how I'm wrong when Alan Dershowitz I love ballot he's not that I am but to check his wit. You know I'm I'm I'm not what is on Fox's payroll right now while we just say but it doesn't matter how he's. Michaels color it has closed the door and got Alan Dershowitz has no legal scholars across the board again in this one C obstruction of just this claiming they see Venezuela and I say. I think what they see is the possibility. Obvious if you I was initiating the possibility because we haven't heard everything yet I saw I want am. Just say what he's got to say and then everybody can say well okay. This makes perfect sense if sounds great now but he's not doing everything you're right by the end of the day we can be telling behold a story that's a hundred I don't know as Ali will be I don't know what will isn't special prosecutor involved and if so that's lot of it has had lied on data mining want to pass might want to sell it. What we don't have all the facts yet this we don't meant we don't know he all the facts and yet but the statement that he submitted the test of it doesn't matter it doesn't untainted list which it may listen. It's so you're saying you have enough based on the written testimony I've written has got to check out I'd bring it about our. Wrapped. Perhaps. Just the bottom line of his says to all these people get out of the room I wanna be a long. He's setting op wall selling him he can't wait stared at so every serious no smoking gun there was its two peoples points and yet there's it will look in the smoking gun yet I gotta go.

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