Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE said in a recent speech that it’s not a surprise President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE jokes about jailing journalists.

The New York Times reported that Clinton made the remarks Sunday at PEN America’s World Voices Festival.

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“Although obsessed with his own press coverage, he evaluates it based not on whether it provides knowledge or understanding, but solely on whether the daily coverage helps him and hurts his opponents,” Clinton reportedly said of Trump.

“Now given his track record, is it any surprise that, according to the latest round of revelations, he joked about throwing reporters in jail to make them ‘talk'?” she asked.

The Times notes that this comment was an apparent reference to a memo written by former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE, who said he spoke to Trump about jailing reporters.

Comey told Trump he was “eager to find leakers and would like to nail one to the door as a message," but he also said it was "tricky" to prosecute journalists.

“I said something about the value of putting a head on a pike as a message,” Comey wrote in the memo.

Comey said Trump responded by saying it could mean having to place journalists in jail.

“’They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend, and they are ready to talk,’ ” Comey quoted the president as saying about journalists.