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In an interview with "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier, former FBI Director James Comey responded to claims by President Donald Trump that he is a "leaker and a liar."

"Comey is a leaker and he's a liar. He's been leaking for years," Trump said on "Fox & Friends."

The president also claimed that Comey committed an "illegal act" by passing information to Columbia Prof. Daniel Richman to share with the media.

"He's just wrong," Comey told Baier. "Facts really do matter."

Comey said the memo he gave to Richman was unclassified at the time.

James Comey claims release of memo contents not a 'leak' in Fox News interview https://t.co/okUpH9LXoL — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

"It's in my book. The FBI cleared that book," Comey said, calling Trump's statement "false."

Comey said he didn't consider his transfer of the memo about his meeting with Trump to Richman to be "a leak" as many critics have maintained.

.@Comey: "I don't consider what I did with Mr. Richman a leak. I told him about an unclassified conversation with @POTUS." #SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/iDA5K7JsMU — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

He said the document was "personal" and "like a diary."

.@BretBaier: "You see the disparity here where people look at how the Clinton case was handled and how the Trump case is handled."@Comey: "I don't - I don't see disparity, though."#SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/g8LIb2cqDL — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

Comey also discussed his decision to reopen the Clinton email probe very close to the 2016 election, after suspect emails had been found on the computer of former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn).

Baier also pressed Comey on details surrounding his decision to recommend against charging Clinton with a crime in the controversy surrounding her email server.

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