competent. i m a big fan of the finn. how is the white house going to answer this question tomorrow? the questions about his campaign and russia and the answer you saw. the quote from the president is this in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, i know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story and a reminder tonight of the lengths the administration went to to push a false narrative that a deputy attorney general citing clinton s e-mails recommended to the e-mails that comey had to go and so the president acted upon its. i think the president was p given a recommendation by the deputy attorney general who the fbi director reports to. i would point them to the three letters that were received today, a letter by president donald trump, the letter by attorney general sessions and the underlying report
my decision. you had made the decision before they came in. i was going to fire comey. he made a recommendation. regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know this russian thing with trump and russia, it s a madeup excuse of the democrats for losing an election that they should have won. this is an excuse. are you angry with mr. comey because of the russia investigation? i just want someone that s competent. i m a big fan of the finn. how is the white house going to answer this question tomorrow? the questions about his campaign and russia and the answer you saw. the quote from the president is