to talk about all these they love comey and is how great he was. look at the facts. the facts don t lie. their statements are all right there. i think it s extremely clear that and frankly, i think it s kind of sad. in washington we finally had something that i think we all should have been able to agree on, and that was that director comey shouldn t have been at the fbi. but the democrats want to play partisan games, and i think that s the most glaring thing being left out of all your process stories. john roberts. sara, you said from the podium yesterday that director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file of the fbi. on capitol hill today, the acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe contradicted with that. what led you in the white house led you to believe that he had lost confidence in the rank and file of the fbi when the acting director said it s just the opposite. i can sfreek my own personal
i think he wanted to get the feedback of the deputy attorney general who the director of the fbi reports to. again, it further solidified the decision that he had made. the only person that can fire comey was the president. he made that decision. it was clearly the right one as evidenced by all of the kmenlts by both house and senate, democrats, republicans and many people within the fbi. . did this happen at 12:01 or 12:02? did he fire him because he wore a red tie or a blue tie? he fired him because he couldn t do the job. this shouldn t be a complicated process. the president knew director comey was not up to the task. he decided he wasn t the right person in the job. he wanted someone that could bring credibility back into the fbi that has been lost the last several months. the president made that decision. he made it, he moved forward, it was the right one. i don t think the back and forth
what sally yates is going to be saying next week about michael flynn, about the degree to which there is either just questions overall or a lack of transparency around the trump administration. trump may have done them a favor by questioning once again the legacy of this as a rouse by the democrats. it does give an opening for comey to say this is very real, otherwise i wouldn t be looking into it. but specifics, he really shouldn t say anything. no, he shouldn t get into that and he knows that. but in terms of the democrats and how they are pressing and how much the republicans try to give him cover, i think president trump did in those tweets, he could have just gone after hillary clinton the way that he traditionally has. but instead he decided to soften uch comey just as he s going for the senate. let s talk about another big issue, and that is the budget. both seedsides agreed to keep t government open through
about it. here s the deal. i don t know if there is anything between the trump campaign and the russians. the fbi if they re looking into this and they make a comey shouldn t decide whether or not to prosecute. i never understood why the fbi director and the clinton case made the decision not to prosecute. that should be a prosecutor s decision. if there is something there and it goes up the chain of investigation, it s clear that jeff sessions who is a dear friend cannot make the decision about trump. there may be nothing there, but if there is that they believe is criminal in nature. i will be the first to say it needs to be someone other than jeff. the new york times is reporting that in the final days of the obama administration,
decision based on newspaper articles. the fbi, if they re looking into this, and they make a comey shouldn t decide whether or not to prosecute. i never understood why the fbi director in the clinton case made the decision not to prosecute. that should be the prosecutor s decision. if there is something there, and it goes up the chain of investigation, it is clear to me that jeff sessions, who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about trump. so they may be not, there may be nothing there, but if there s something there, if the fbi believes is criminal in nature, then, for sure, you need a special prosecutor. if that day ever comes, i ll be the first one to say it needs to be somebody other than jeff. i want to ask a followup on a related issue. the new york times is also reporting that in the final days of the obama administration, some white house officials, obama white house officials scrambled to spread information across the government about rur russian efforts, incl