of fbi agents kidding jim comey, oh, you re now the director of the federal bureau of matters rather than federal bureau of investigation. i heard about the matter befores. but i did not hear his fear that loretta lynch was asking him to track the language that the clinton campaign was using which would be a serious abuse of power on the part of mrs. lynch. this language that he s using, that it made him feel queasy when it happened, this is part of jim comey being focused on his reputation. another set of problems. again, he is a master. i just want to point out quickly. wall street journal earlier in january when they asked the trump administration asked comey to stay on as fbi director. the lead of editorial in the journal on january 25th was, regrets, they ll have a few, in terms of the trump administration doing that.
a shocking refusal by the white house to deny that president trump is recording conversations. now this all stems from the president s tweet threatening fired fbi director james comey about tapes from their dinner and phone conversations. so, what do we actually know about the dinner? it all starts back on january 24th when then national security advisor michael flynn is interviewed by the fbi. the next day january 25th, the justice department gives details about that fbi interview. then the following day, january 26th, then acting attorney general sally yates warns the white house that general flynn is vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. one day later, president trump has dinner with then fbi director james comey. it was at that dinner president trump says he asked comey if he was under investigation. the president insisting comey said no, but fbi officials telling nbc news this is not true. even former director of national intelligence james clapper talking about it today. h
jim conley have been running the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world and democrats have said for a long time no, he shouldn t. now he s not and now they re complaining about it. i m just confused about that because as an american, i want to know if the right guy isyo running the fbi and he clearly wasn t. this is good. there s no need to be confused. i obviously as well as many others and it sounds like you as well have had some real concerns with how comey handled himselfee during the election. fair. we are in total agreement. so if there s a problem there, why are you firing this guy on january 25th? why now firing him? tucker: i wish that they had. but they hadn t, and now they did. let s be happy about it because he wasn t good for the country. here s the difference. as at the very guy who was praising him in october is now getting investigated by this gentleman. this guy is now saying we are investigating the trump administration.
agency in the world and democrats have said for a long time no, he shouldn t. now he s not and now they re complaining about it. i m just confused about that because as an american, i want to know if the right guy is running the fbi and he clearly wasn t. this is good. there s no need to be confused. i obviously as well as many others and it sounds like youwes with how comey handled himself during the election. fair. we are in total agreement. so if there s a problem there, why are you firing this guy on january 25th? why now firing him? tucker: i wish that they had. but they hadn t, and now they did pay let s be happy about it because he wasn t good for the country. here s the difference. as at the very guy who was praising him in october is now getting investigated by this gentleman. this guy is now saying we are
democrats have said for a long time no, he shouldn t. now he s not and now they re complaining about it. i m just confused about that because as an american, i want to know if the right guy is running the fbi and he clearly wasn t. this is good. there s no need to be confused. i obviously as well as many others and it sounds like you as well have had some real concerns with how comey handled himself during the election. fair. we are in total agreement. so if there s a problem there, why are you firing this guy on january 25th? why now firing him? tucker: i wish that they had. but they hadn t, and now they did pay let s be happy about it because he wasn t good for the country. here s the difference. as at the very guy who was praising him in october is now getting investigated by this gentleman. this guy is now saying we are