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>> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, you would still send it? >> i would. >> hillary clinton is convinced that that letter defeated her. what do you say to her? >> i hope not. i dont know. i honestly dont know. i sure hope not, but the honest answer is it wouldnt change the way i think about it. my hope -- i didnt write the book for this reason -- but talking about leadership, it was important to tell the email story because its me trying to figure out how to lead well, that peop...

Abcs george stephanopoulos. >> wasnt the decision to reveal fli influence by your assumption that hillary clinton was going to win and if she wins this comes out several weeks letter and taken that she is an legitimate president? >> it must have been. i dont remember consciously thinking about that but it must have been. i was operateing in a world hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. im sure it was a factor. like i said i dont remember spelling it out about it had to have been she is...

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You so much. thank you for joining us. i want to ask when things started to shift for the former fbi director. im going to play a sound bite in 2016 when he went to congress to tell them he was investigating hillary clintons e-mails and he said this. >> it had to abandon that shes going to be elect the president and if i hide this from the american people, she would be illegitimate romish is elected, the moment this comes out. elizabeth: that was the shift in his decision-making that started thi...

This all coming ahead of that interview weve been talking about. lets listen to a little bit of what well be hearing tonight, and then ill get your reaction, jeff. >> i was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. so im sure that it was a factor. like i said, i dont remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that shes going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, shell be illegitimate the moment shes elected, the moment this ...

>> i want to change topics, since we have you here, sir. thats president trump. as you know, hes been hitting out against james comey this morning, this on the new book as well as tonights interview, which will be aired. ill play a little bit of the interview and get your reaction. >> sure. >> i was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump, and so im sure that it was a factor. like i said, i dont remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that shes going t...

Twitter. heres a clip and ill get your response, jay. >> i was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump and so im sure that it was a factor, like i said, i dont remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that shes going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, she will be illegitimate the moment shes elected and this comes out. >> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, you would still send it? >> i would. i would. >>...

From the russians. how might we stop it. whats the future look like? it was all, what can we say about what they did and how it effects the election that we just had. >> that was former fbi director james comey remembering the day he and his fellow intelligence official ps briefed president elect trump on russian interference. in his brand new book he talked about how inappropriate it was to talk been spin while there were intel people in the room. writing, quote i should have said being then. s...

A thoughtful and quiet person who didnt speak a lot. and that morning we were making that decision. she asked, should you consider that what youre about to do may help elect donald trump president. and i paused, and then i said thank you for asking that question. thats a great question. but the answer is not for a moment. because down that path lies the death of the fbi as an independent force in american life. if i ever start considering whose political fortunes are affected by a decision, were...

Do the right thing. you can come up with different conclusions. reasonable people would have chosen a different door for reasonable reasons, but its just not fair to say we were doing it for some illegitimate reason. >> but at some level, wasnt the decision to reveal influenced by your assumption that hillary clinton was going to win and your concern that she wins, this comes out several weeks later and then thats taken by her opponents as a sign that seize an illegitimate president. >> it must ...