interaction with the president. so if you look at the video he s wearing a blue suit and he stands in the part of the room that is physically as far from the president as it s possible to be. in front of blue drapes. that was intentional? yes, it was intentional. he was trying to camouflage himself. a little bit. and then the president right at the end sees him and says forget the exact quote but oh, there s jim, he s own more famous than i am. in the video you see director comey extending his hand. what he told me is he was determined that there was not going to be a hug. so he kind of pre-emptively
what he told me he really wanted to just blend in and not, you know not have an individual interaction with the president so if you look at the video he s wearing a blue suit and he stands in the part of the room that is physically as far from the president as it s possible to be in front of blue drapes, and, you know. that was intentional. yes, it was intentional, and he was trying, to you know, camouflage himself a little bit, and then the president right at the end sees him and says i forget the exact quote, oh, there s jim. he s even more famous than i am, and jim really saw that as a kind of particular effort to compromise him in the eyes of people who were suspicious of the role that he had played. oh, and there s jim. he s become more famous than me.
blue drapes that are the same color as his he chose that spot? he chose that spot because it was almost like a camillian, camouflage against the wall. blend in. so he described thinking he d gotten away with that. then he has to go over and shake his hand. he s become more famous than me. and it s a long walk across that room. and what he told me was that it was bad enough that he was there. it was bad enough that there was going to be a handshake, but, you know, there really wasn t going to be a hug. and so if you watch the video, he extends his hand and comey s arms are really long. he extends his hand preemptively and trump grabs the hand and pulls him into a hug but the hug is entirely one-sided. so one guy in the hug is shaking hands and the other guy is hugging. and comey was just completely disgusted.
relationships they had about comey and president trump. wittis described a scene two days after the president s inauguration at a white house ceremony honoring law enforcement officials. he says comey was hoping to get through the event unnoticed. he really wanted to kind of blend in and not be singled out. and he s a he s 6 8 , so when it s tough to do that. it s really hard to blend in. he s wearing if you watch the video of it, he s wearing a blue blazer, and he stands in the part of the room that is as far from trump as it is physically possible to be and also against blue drapes that are the same color as his he chose that spot? he suppose that spchose thatt was almost like a camillian, camouflage against the wall. blend in. so he described thinking he d gotten away with that then he h to go over and shake
listen. he really wanted to kind of blend in and not be singled out. and he s 6 8 . it s tough to do that. when you re 6 8 it is really hard to blend in. he s wearing if you want the video, he s wearing a blue blazer and he stands in the part of the room that is as far from trump as it is physically possible to be and also against blue drapes that are the same color as his he chose that spot? he chose that spot because it was, you know, almost like a chameleon, you know, camouflage against the wall. blend in. i know from experience, it is hard to hide when you are 6 8 . but jackie, i want to talk less about the substance than the fact of this sound that we re hearing right now because i do not think that benjamin whittis would be saying these things right now if james comey was not okay with it, if the former fbi