Comey re Barr/spying:
"I have no idea what he's talking about, so it's hard for me to comment... I think that his career has earned him the presumption that he will be one of the rare cabinet members who will stand up for things like truth... language like this makes it harder."
"I have no idea what he's talking about, so it's hard for me to comment... I think that his career has earned him the presumption that he will be one of the rare cabinet members who will stand up for things like truth... language like this makes it harder."
@Susan_Hennessey Asked about what the US govt should have been doing in 2013 re: the leadup to foreign hacking/disinfo in 2015/2016, Comey jokes:
"Going back to 2013? Can I decline to accept the appointment as FBI Director?"
"Going back to 2013? Can I decline to accept the appointment as FBI Director?"
@Susan_Hennessey Comey on Russian attack on U.S. election process in 2016
"I don't see that our commander in chief even acknowledges it even happened. So if you don't acknowledge that [another country] attacked you... our silence is an invitation to do it again."
#hewlettverify
"I don't see that our commander in chief even acknowledges it even happened. So if you don't acknowledge that [another country] attacked you... our silence is an invitation to do it again."
#hewlettverify
@Susan_Hennessey One of the good things about Barr's letter, Comey says, is that the "Russia thing" is not a hoax
"They will be back," Comey said. "The Russians will be playing in the 2020 election, trying to achieve the goals they were trying to achieve in 2016."
#hewlettverify
"They will be back," Comey said. "The Russians will be playing in the 2020 election, trying to achieve the goals they were trying to achieve in 2016."
#hewlettverify
@Susan_Hennessey Comey on Julian Assange:
"I would hope that the president would let the Department of Justice pursue a case as it normally would. Given the track record of the department of the last two years, I can't have high confidence that will happen."
"I would hope that the president would let the Department of Justice pursue a case as it normally would. Given the track record of the department of the last two years, I can't have high confidence that will happen."
@Susan_Hennessey Comey expands on his comments regarding Barr/spying: He says he doesn't know what Barr is talking about
Comey: There are days when he wakes up and sees Trump saying he should be in jail
"And you know what I do? I laugh!"
But then he says that laugh can be dangerous, a numbness to the idea that Trump is announcing on Twitter who should be investigated/jailed
#hewlettverify
"And you know what I do? I laugh!"
But then he says that laugh can be dangerous, a numbness to the idea that Trump is announcing on Twitter who should be investigated/jailed
#hewlettverify
