Fr mueller from his position or to pardon key witnesses in any effort to shield them in accountability or shut down the investigation would be a gross abuse of power. The white house has repeatedly said that President Trump will not fire mueller. And mr. Trump told the New York Times in an end of the year interview that he expects mueller to be fair. Yet, in that same interview he insisted 16 times that theres been no collusion. There has been no collusion. Theres no collusion. Theres no collusion. And there is no collusion. There was absolutely no collusion. Its something he has said often. You know, i guess the collusion now is dead, because everyone found out after a year theres been no collusion. Theres been no collusion between us and the russians. We dont know what mueller has found. What we do know is this. According to the intelligence community, prior to election day, 2016, russia infiltrated the Democratic National committees Computer Systems and the email account of Clinton
Oh, and theres james. Hes become more famous than me. It encapsulated the difficult position comey was in because he was, at once, the fbi director, answerable to the president of the United States, but also conducting an investigation of the Trump Campaign, which the president obviously hated. Youve seen the picture of me walking across the blue room. What the president whispered in my ear was, i really look forward to working with you. The president kept reaching out. Next came an invitation to dinner at the white house. The very fact that the president Whose Campaign is under investigation is asking to have dinner with the fbi director alone raises all sorts of red flags, as it did for comey. The dinner was an effort to build a relationship. In fact, he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. The president s words, according to comey, i need loyalty. I expect loyalty. He was asking for something, and i was refusing to give it. The white house denied he was
Has operated for many, many years. Their relationship got off to a bad start. Before the inauguration, james comey was in charge of telling donald trump about the dossier. The controversial document contained allegations about the president gathered as part of an Opposition Research during the campaign. I didnt want him thinking that i was briefing him on this to sort of hang it over him in some way. It turns out thats exactly what the president thought, according to an interview he gave the new york times. Trumps reaction was anger. He said it was completely false. The encounter apparently didnt sit well with comey either. We know he went back to the fbi suburban and pulled out a classified computer and wrote his first memo about his interaction was donald trump. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. So i thought it really important to document. The inauguration was such a success. Reporter comeys next public encounter with the president was awkwa
Millions of dollars. At the heart of the trump russia mystery. I have nothing to do with russia, to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. But there were secret contacts. The release of an email chain. It came from russians. Some denials that defy the facts. I dont know what youre talking about, its crazy . Its disgusting, its phony. A shocking dismissal. The. President of the United States has terminated the director of the fbi. Hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. Those were lies, plain and simple. Donald trumps changing stories. Mr. President. I own nothing in russia. I dont have any deals in russia. Ive done a lot of business with the russians. Compliments for Vladimir Putin. He is very much of a leader. Hes done an amazing job, so smart. Attacks on american institutions. When you look at whats gone on with the fbi and with the justice department, people are very, very angry. Where does this story end . You may or may not find evidence of an impeachable offense.