CNN's Jake Tapper interviewed the fired FBI director live, days after his new book was released.
CNN's Jake Tapper interviewed the fired FBI director live, days after his new book was released.
CNN's Jake Tapper asked former FBI director James Comey about what the nation would be like if Hillary Clinton had won the election. Here's how that exchange went down:
"I was private citizen who saw it was something I could do," he said. "I thought it was important. And I did it. And I obviously acknowledged it the moment -- I was asked about it publicly. I thought it was something that needed to be done. And private citizens can talk about their unclassified conversations with the President."
Comey said the average citizen doesn't have a conversation with the President in which he's asked to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser.
Former FBI director James Comey said it's possible — but unlikely — that Russia had derogatory information on President Trump
During an exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper, Comey was asked about why he said it was "possible" that Trump was compromised by Russians.
"What you asked me about now: Why did I say what I said whether I thought it was possible that the Russians had derogatory information on President Trump. I think it's unlikely, but possible."
Former FBI Director James Comey said he believes President Trump is "clearly not" adhering to this country's values.
He called on Americans to scrutinize Trump's behavior.
Former FBI Director James Comey said, despite everything they've been through, he doesn't hate President Trump.
Former FBI director James Comey says he's "fine" with Congress reading his memos on President Trump.
The Justice Department is expected to make Comey's memos available to Congress later today, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
"It's fine by me," Comey said when asked if that's the right decision.
"You don't care?" CNN's Jake Tapper asked as a follow up question.
"I could well be a witness," Comey told Tapper.
When exactly the referral was made to the US attorney's office was not immediately clear, and prosecutors there may decline to prosecute.
Last week, the IG issued a report finding that McCabe "lacked candor" on four occasions with internal investigators when discussing a Wall Street Journal article about the FBI's Clinton Foundation investigation, according to a copy of the report obtained by CNN.
In addition, the inspector general determined that McCabe was not authorized to disclose the existence of the investigation because it was not within the department's "public interest" exception for disclosing ongoing investigations.
The one-hour town hall will be held at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall at William & Mary in Virginia, which is Comey's alma mater. The event will be co-hosted by the Student Assembly at William & Mary.
The town hall will air at 8 p.m. ET.
When the President fired Comey last May, the White House initially cited a recommendation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who sharply criticized Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.
A few days later, after Comey's ouster, Trump told NBC News' Lester Holt in an interview, "regardless of (Rosenstein's) recommendation, I was going to fire Comey."