didn't do it myself for a variety of reasons. i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. >> that comey, now a private citizen, deliberately used the press to force the appointment of a special counsel is a stark re6 las vegas of how seasoned he is in washington. the president asked an fbi director for what he took as a loyalty pledge. >> i could be wrong but my common sense is he's looking to get something in exchange for granting my request to stay in the job. >> throughout his nearly three-hour testimony comey revealed several nuggets about the fbi criminal probe now in the hands of special kuhnel robert mueller like this about flynn. >> he says that the president was trying to obstruct justice or just seek for a way for mike flynn to save fashion, given he had already been -- face, given that he had already been fired.