that was not what this is about. that s not what this is about. the president took strong and decisive leadership here to put the safety and security of the american people first. president trump contradicting that on an nbc interview on thursday saying russia was on his mind when he decided to fire comey. i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, it is an excuse by the democrats by having lost in the election. president trump criticized comey as a show boat and a grand stander and argued that comey had thrown the fbi into turmoil. he s a show boat and a grand stander. andrew mccabe presenting a different view to the senate committee. director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi and still
look, he s a showboat. he s a grand stander. the fbi has been in turmoil, you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. comments like that from president trump about james comey cannot sit well with his defenders or the more than 36,000 employees and the 56 field offices of the fbi. we learned yesterday from comey s replacement, the acting director andrew mccabe what the vast majority of rank and file employees at the bureau in his view have deep and positive connection with comey. many have quietly replaced their facebook photos with a photo of their old boss as a show of solidarity. james comey and as we mentioned a source close to comey told nbc s ken dlanian he hopes there are tapes saying that would be perfect. joining me, stacey plastic ket. importantly, she was senior
even that is possible. a source tells cnn the four candidates being interviewed for the job are republican senator john cornyn of texas, andrew mccabe, alice fisher, and judge michael garcia. do trump supporters back the president on his dramatic firing of james comey? here now is ed lavendera. reporter: to more than 50 years, henry lewis has sold chevy cars and trucks in canton, texas. you wrote this book for your grandkids? yeah. reporter: full of life lessons. but in his stair sbpare time, h wrote a book for his granddaughter and he says page 10 can help explain a lot especially trump s firing of james comey. he s a showboat, a grand stander. reporter: if your presentation is on a sixks txthe
to work for the man? i get that but the truth is if you know what this man and woman were like, you would want to be part of this. hey guys thank you for hard you have been working. you have been killing it. you are one of the things that i have in mind when i tell the american people look, don t freak out, right, let us do our work. thank you for that. that was from a show called inside the fbi on u.s.a. network that airs thursdays at 10:00 p.m. and that comes close to portraying the james comey a lot of his associates know. this is what donald trump said about james comey yesterday. look, he s a showboat. he s a grand stander. the fbi has been in turmoil, you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. comments like that from president trump about james comey cannot sit well with his defenders or the more than 36,000 employees and the 56 field offices of the fbi. we learned yesterday from
says that comey is a show boater or a grand stander and then he calls the man, michael flynn, who is under multiple investigations a very good person. as a former member of the fbi, what is your read on that? i mean, poppy, is the irony lost on anyone? you have james comey and you contrast that with the president whose moral purpose tud was on full display in the campaign as well as in the past and it strikes me as detestable to hear that. grand standing, show boating. the fbi director is not worried about optics. politicians are. what is the balance because there was rightful criticism of comey for breaching protocol, for apparently politicizing the clinton investigation. it did hurt him with people in