James Comey’s book tour for “A Higher Loyalty” brought him onto “Special Report with Bret Baier” Thursday night, and Baier didn’t waste any time coddling the former FBI director.

Asked when he learned that the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign had funded the Christopher Steele dossier, Comey said he still didn’t know that for a fact; like Obama, he finds out about things like the rest of us, by watching the news.

.@BretBaier: "When did you learn that the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign had funded Christopher Steele's work?"@Comey: "I still don't know that for a fact."#SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/9rKQ6DIn63 — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

.@BretBaier: "When did you learn that the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign had funded Christopher Steele's work?"@Comey: "I still don't know that for a fact."#SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/Eh7HzsSebL — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

.@BretBaier: "Did you tell President Obama that the dossier, who it was funded by?"@Comey: "No, not to my recollection."#SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/Fzcy5NwL5W — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2018

Comey says he doesn’t know ‘collusion’ & 10 seconds later uses the word ‘cahoots’. Great work

‘G-Man’ https://t.co/l2JuvoL106 — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 26, 2018

Baier asks Comey some very simple questions & Comey, who just wrote an entire book & hosted a book party with a flock of journalists (with great cocktails on menu if you didn’t see), can’t get basic facts or timelines right. — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 26, 2018

I think I have an idea why the FBI missed all those people who ended up becoming terrorists or shooting up schools. https://t.co/4j5WuasFro — Dragon Energy Ross (@indyrallen) April 26, 2018

"How would I know that, it's not like I was the head of the FB… oh wait…" https://t.co/e0e3L6k0XY — Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) April 26, 2018

Just to be clear – Comey was the Director of the most powerful law enforcement operation on earth and he’s still confused at to who financed the bogus dossier? This is absurd. — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) April 26, 2018

He didn't really seem to know much now did he https://t.co/CmHuuCLkqQ — ⚘Bicki⚘ (@Vickistweet) April 26, 2018

Comey come on. Really? You knew about the dossier before Trump was president. Lies are catching up with you. https://t.co/QhbvZ2w4IG — Ms.Vickie (@vickie_NJ) April 26, 2018

Hillary and DNC admit they funded the dossier yet this corrupt scum denies it. https://t.co/dbRGFUsarx — AndrewM X-Lib (@Andrew_Marcus21) April 26, 2018

So he pretends he does not know the source of the dossier used to get a FISA warrant…? https://t.co/8ds3xpb9hw — NeoKong (@The_NeoKong) April 26, 2018

He's the FBI director but he doesn't know this information? Who believes this garbage? If he didn't have "facts" why did he leak info to the media? https://t.co/O1MpRfjYOu — JeriCovfefe?? (@AZcardFAN711) April 26, 2018

Neither Sean Davis of The Federalist nor The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel was impressed by Comey’s performance on Fox News.

Comey pretends in Bret Baier interview he still doesn't know if Clinton/DNC funded the Steele dossier, then claims with total certainty that Republicans funded the dossier first, because Free Beacon hired/fired Fusion GPS before Steele was hired. Incredible dishonesty. — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 26, 2018

#SpecialReport It is stunning that @Comey says he never bothered to find out who specifically funded the dossier. That didn't matter to FBI? Stunning too that he still doesn't know that Republicans had no part in the dossier-funding itself. — Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) April 26, 2018

Actually is stunning overall amount the head of the FBI claims to not have known. Didn't know Steele's name; didn't know he lied to the FBI and was dismissed; didn't know who funded dossier; didn't know who leaked it. You gotta ask: Maybe he didn't want to know? #SpecialReport — Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) April 26, 2018

Comey: I never tried to find out who leaked the briefing of the president-elect. I didn't try to find out who paid for the dossier we used to get a FISA warrant. I never told the president-elect that the source we used for the FISA warrant lied to the FBI. — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 26, 2018

Of course McCabe's lies and leak have helped "tear down" the FBI, sowing yet more distrust in it. "Accountability" matters, but that's after the fact. @Comey won't explain how he continues to praise a deputy who broke all Comey's standards of integrity/honesty. #SpecialReport — Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) April 26, 2018

Key part of interview: @Comey admits he'd absolutely have removed Strzok/Page for bias, and then struggles to then claim their work product is still valid. Admits its a "fair question." Won't admit he doesn't have any reasonable answer. #SpecialReport — Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) April 26, 2018

With @BretBaier, Comey on Strzok-Page: 'When I saw the texts, I was deeply disappointed in them, but I never saw any bias.' — Byron York (@ByronYork) April 26, 2018

It's difficult to overstate what a disaster this interview is for Comey, both legally and politically. He is wilting in the face of the first real interview he's faced since releasing his book. — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 26, 2018

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