Transcript for 5 key terms from Comey's hearing

I. But. President hashed you repeatedly to be loyal to him and you responded he would be honest. We loyal which is I think your way of saying I'll be honest and I'll be dead at the FBI and defended that. There are. Correct I tried but honest first. And also in and you see in my tests were also tried to explain to him why it's in his interest. And every president's interest for the FBI to be a part in a way because its credibility is important that to our president and to the country. And so. I tried to hold the line old lie got very awkward and I then said. You'll always have honesty from me said on his loyalty and and I exceeded to that as a way to end this awkwardness. And he should quote because I've been very loyal to you very loyal. We had that thing you know. We've got a Roush your curiosity is what quote that's saying was yes why didn't ask him. We didn't seem to me to be important for the conversation we're having to understand it I took it to be some. An effort to. Two it's communicate to me this that there is a relationship between us where I've been good to you you should be good to me. You'll put out I think it would intensely aroused Mike. That curiosity if the president and I states that we had that thing you know I'd like to know what they held that thing is particularly if I'm director of the FBI. Yeah and I get that senator on a cell tea witnesses speculation or what I concluded that the time is in his memory he was searching. Back to our encounter at the dinner. And was preparing himself to say I offered loyalty promised loyalty to me and all of a sudden his memory showed him that did not happen and I think he pulled up short. You know of any case. We're person has been charged for obstruction of justice or for that matter any other criminal offense. Where this they said. Or thought. They hoped for an hour. I don't know well enough to answer the reason I keeping his word uses. I took it as a direction. And as the president United States. Me alone saying I hope this I took it as this is what he wants me to do and I mean I didn't Obey that but that's where. One of the members of the leadership team had a view that although it was. Technically true we do not have a counter intelligence files case open and then present like trump his concern was because we're looking at the potential. Again that's a separate investigation. Coordination between the campaign. And Russia because it was president trump resort to campaign. This person's view was inevitably his. Behavior is to conduct will fall within the scope that work. So he was reluctant. To make the statement that I mean I disagree about but it was fair to say what was literally true there is not counterintelligence investigation. Of mr. from. And I decided in the moment to say given the nature Merck recession there's should be no foes on this whatsoever the Russians. Interfered. In our election during 2016 cycle.

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