there s something wrong with that. it implies you did something wrong. it does. there s something confusing about it, the point that comey is making here, just on the simple point about trump lying, right? trump is lying about the fbi breaking into michael cohen s office, we know donald trump knows every interest mat detail about this whole thing. when he lies like that, is that an assault on the rule of law. is there any other way to look at it? it s an assault on his own credibility. just because i think director comey lacks certain credibility right now, it doesn t mean everything he said today is incorrect. the president should not call cohen a rat, because it implies he himself has done something wrong. the president shouldn t lie, i
the fbi s investigation of a guy who pled guilty to lying to the fbi, he should have been warned you shouldn t lie, he should have been told you should have a lawyer think of the state of affairs we ve ended up in. i m proud of the way the fbi conducted itself. bret: the judge did go down that road. the comments by james comey to assert that someone shouldn t be told that they are allowed and have a right to an attorney, that is not just alarming for michael flynn who was a high-profile person, that is alarming for everybody who s watching those comments and everybody who ever gets into any kind of situation where they have to discuss with the fbi. going to the white house today in the comments of sarah sanders made about michael flynn come up with the first time since seeing themselves from him saying that there are concerns about what happened in the court room my question is whether president trump still stands by firing and asking for his resignation when he found out about
the f.b.i. or federal agents were a, listening to his conversations presumably with the russian ambassador and number two, that even in the course of the interviews they would say things that presumably would have tipped him off that they knew the substance of his conversations and yet knowing that he still said what he did, which is a bit of a mystery to me. sandra: the former f.b.i. director james comey on the f.b.i. s handling of this investigation. he should have been warned you shouldn t lie. he should have been told you could have had a lawyer. think of the state of affairs we ve ended up in? that s nonsense. i m proud of the way the f.b.i. conducted itself. pursued the leads where you would want us to. those on that? first thought is ayinde grew you don t need a lawyer you can t lie when you are questioned by the f.b.i. but i took away from mr. comey s statement remarkable
u.s. to try to suppress turnout and discourage them from voting for hillary clinton. the new headline late today involving michael flynn. former fbi chief james comey was on capitol hill today, called by house republicans, to answer questions before members of the oversight and judiciary committees. afterward, comey defending the fbi investigation of flynn, who is set to be sentenced just hours from now. here s pierre thomas. reporter: on the eve of michael flynn s sentencing, former fbi director james comey pushing back on flynn s claim that the fbi never warned him of the consequences about lying about his contacts with the russian ambassador. president trump has portrayed flynn as victim, even though he fired flynn himself for lying. but still, some house republicans standing with the president and flynn. they re up here attacking the fbi s investigation of a guy who plead guilty to lying to the fbi. he should have been warned you shouldn t lie, he should have told you can hav
they re up here attacking the fbi s investigation of a guy who plead guilty to lying to the fbi. he should have been warned, you shouldn t lie. he should have been told he could have a lawyer. city i m very proud of the way the fbi conducted itself,. this is the president of the united states calling a witness who is cooperated with his own justice department a rat. say that again to yourself at home and remind yourself where we have ended up. this is not about republicans and democrats. this is about what does it mean to be an american. the white house is responding to comey s comments. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tweeting this, republicans should stand up to comey and his tremendous corruption from the fake hillary clinton investigation to lying and leaking to fisa abuse and a list too long to name the president did the country for a service by firing him and