Former FBI Director James Comey said he had to cancel a date with his wife when President Trump asked him to have dinner earlier this year.

In his testimony Thursday to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Comey opened up about his dinner with Trump in January, during which he says the president asked him for loyalty.

"I had to call my wife and break a date with her,” Comey said. “I was supposed to take her out to dinner that night.”

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“That's one of the all-time great excuses," said Sen. Angus King Angus KingHopes for DC, Puerto Rico statehood rise Government watchdog recommends creation of White House cyber director position Democrats step up hardball tactics as Supreme Court fight heats up MORE (I-Maine), who is on the Senate Intelligence panel.

The fired FBI director laughed when asked whether he initiated dinner with Trump, saying, “He called when I was sitting at my desk."

"In retrospect, I love spending time with my wife,” Comey added. “I wish I had been there that night”

Trump previously stated in an interview that Comey had been the one who initiated the dinner.