that the actions of a president matters, the words of a president matters and the rule of law matters, and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone has to stand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country and not slink away into retirement, but stand up and speak the truth. i find it frustrating to be here answering questions about things that are far less important than the values this country is built upon. that was former fbi director james comey taking republicans to task for not doing more to stand up to the president s constant attacks on his own justice department and the rule of law. comey s been much more vocal in recent weeks in his defense of our institutions and norms. it was a theme he discussed at length during our discussion this month at the 92nd street y in new york. and i ve said this to a lot of republicans. let me ask you all a question. if the next p
and not slink away into retirement but stand up and speak the truth. i find it frustrating to be here answering questions about things that are far less important than the values this country is built upon. that was former fbi director james comey taking republicans to task for not doing more to stand up to the president s constant attacks on his own justice department and the rule of law. comey s been much more vocal in recent weeks in his defense of our institutions and norms. it was a theme he discussed at length during our discussion this month at the 92nd street y in new york. and i ve said this to a lot of republicans. let me ask you all a question. if the next president of the united states is a democrat and wakes up in the morning and starts tweeting that there ought to be criminal investigations of the current republican leadership of congress and naming names of people who should be in jail, what s your reaction going to be? i said don t answer that. your head is going to
fbi protocol. the ig called him out in his report for that promise that he was insubordinate. president trump, the longer comey has been out there, president trump is further justified in firing him. capri: i want to split the baby between what you re saying about judge napolitano is saying. harris: be kind to the baby. don t throw it out with the bathwater. the capri: i will be nicer to be become and i won t throw out the bathwater. judge napolitano: and biting my tongue. capri: it may think you made good points about the fact of their serious concerns concerns about the undermining of the fbi and the justice apart meant in all this. i think to your point, lisa, there are some serious questions about james comey s conduct. even though there are legitimate concerns that may be james comey was trying to bring up, he basically doesn t have any credibility anymore. at least in my eyes. because he has gone out there and shown his bias. he has gone to the 92nd street y and said y
the 92nd street y with james comey. watch. something i probably would not present or gotten away with may be in a more organized investigation, the more organized administration in the george w. bush administration for example or obama admin station. in both there was process. and so the fbi wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official. you would work through the white house counsel and there will be discussions and approvals and who would be there. and i thought, it is early enough, let s just send a couple of guys over. he basically admits that the whole thing was planned. premeditated to send agents in and hope he does not have lawyers around him. it is frightening, maria that the head of the fbi who is on a 10 year appointment, the reason we have 10 year appointments is so that there is some continuity of government. the job of the bureaucracy is
you seeing a member of memoranda internodes, and the judge agreed. melissa: not surprisingly, somebody who agrees with all that is the present. he tweeted they gave general flynn a great deal because they were embarrassed by the way he was treated. the fbi said he didn t lie and they overrode the fbi. they want to scare everybody into making up stories that are not true by catching them in the smallest misstatements. it said. you have to slap a side on the end. what you make of those developments and wide is james comey sitting at the 92nd street y here in new york talking about the fact that they pulled a fast one on the administration and didn t follow what is fbi protocol? david: that actually doesn t surprise me. i know the officers he worked with here in new york. i call it tall man syndrome, he has to be the smartest man in the room. we have to pay attention to this case prayed something that judge sullivan did and he s got a good history. you look at his record, he doe