President Trump argued in a television interview that aired Wednesday that former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be "going to trial" if FBI director Jim Comey hadn't been "very, very good" to her.

Speaking to Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, Trump was asked if it was a mistake not to ask Comey to step down and if it's too late to do so now.

"No it's not too late," Trump said. "But you know, I have confidence in him. We'll see what happens. It's going to be interesting."

Trump then brought up how Comey announced in July he wouldn't recommend prosecution over Clinton's email server while secretary of state.

"Don't forget when Jim Comey came out, he saved Hillary Clinton," Trump said. "People don't realize that. He saved her life. Because I call it 'Comey 1.' And I joke about it a little bit. When he was reading those charges, she was guilty of every charge. And then he said she was essentially OK."

.@POTUS to @MariaBartiromo: "Don't forget when Jim Comey came out, he saved Hillary Clinton. People don't realize that. He saved her life" pic.twitter.com/Klr6enHA9R— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 12, 2017



Pressed why he wouldn't ask Comey to step down now, Trump told Bartiromo: "I want to give everybody a good fair chance. Director Comey was very, very good to Hillary Clinton. That I can tell you. If he weren't, she would be going to trial."

Trump, who has backed away from his campaign promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton, dismissed a question about whether he would still push for that.

"I don't want to talk about that," Trump said. "I want to talk about positive."