by accepting the recommendation of the deputy attorney general to remove director comey because of the actions that the deputy attorney general outlined to the president to act on the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. reporter: now trump is coming clean about his ill will towards comey. look, he s a showboat. he s a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. reporter: sources tell cnn comey s testimony last week enraged president trump. look, this is terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had some impact on the election. reporter: comey unwittingly targeted one of the president s insecurities, the legitimacy of his election. sources familiar with the president said he was white hot and couldn t let it go stewing all weekend while at his property in bed minster, new jersey. one trump source tells cnn he was already holding a deep grudge against comey since march for publicly contradicting president trump s apparently false claim via tweet that preside