you know him well, the president suggested today that there could even be a tape, he tweeted out that tapes of his private conversation with comey might exist and comey should watch out for what he leaks, supposedly. what do you know about that dinner? you were with him the day of the dinner. i was, the 27th of january, and the fbi, jim, hosted a wonderful farewell ceremony for me that i will never forget. and jim and i spoke briefly before the ceremony and he mentioned he had been invited to the white house to have dinner with the president, and he was uneasy wf that because of the optics, the appearance of independence, not only of him, but of the fbi. but he was going that very night to the dinner. do you know why he felt he had to go? i think anyone who is serving
i wasn t apt tt the dinner, don t know what was said, but i find that very inconsistent. more over, anyone in a position subject to senate confirmation, his it, mine was, understands that you serve at the pleasure of. and it would really be i think inappropriate and certainly in gym s case out of character to ask to stay on. one other note, i would like to add, is on the issue of the moral of the fbi. i know the bureau pretty well. i have been around it the last three jobs i had, the last 16 years, and particularly in the last one i had a lot of dealings with the fbi.
officer in the government, and you re asked by the president for dinner, i think it it professional courtesy. you re in after difficult position to refuse to go, but i do know he was uneasy with it. for just for the appearance of compromising the independence of the fbi which is a hollowed tenant in our system. what we re hearing from the fbi in our reporting contradicts what the president told lester holt. he says that he was appealing for his job and the president said am i under investigation and he said three times, twice on the phone and once at the dinner, no, i can assure you you re not. knowing jim comey, most people who know him well, say that he never said tha t him, he would not have said that to him.
firing. but it comes from people that heard about the dinner at the time like general clapper and others he spoke to afterwards. these are all people outside of the fbi that talked about it. they tell us the same thing. number one, he did not ask for the dinner, he was invited to the white house. who calls the white and says can i come over for dinner? and second, the president said can i have your loyalty? according to these people, comey said i can t pledge my loyalty, but my honest loyalty. this from those who know the way the president operated in business, he was very keen on loyalty. he has people sign nondisclosure
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