president. we find that mr. comey has a revisionist view of history and seems like a disgruntled employee because he was fired. reporter: kellyanne conway, one of trump s most vocal supporters. but her husband george conway making it clear he thinks for himself. retweeting an article blasting gop attempts to discredit the book. conway a staunch republican has repeatedly criticized the president on twitter and often contradicts him and his wife of over 15 years. one of conway s most after the fbi raided the office of trump s lawyer michael cohen, the raid reportedly enraged trump. it s a disgraceful situation, it s a total witch hunt.
revisionist view of history and seems luke a disgruntled ex-employee. he was fired. not as if he came to the conclusions in his book while he was on the job as fbi director, in the presence, in the company of the president and said, you know, i just must resign, i can t deal with this anymore, i must resign. reporter: so, john, we re witnessing this stunning battle between the current president and the former fbi director who he fired and we know that we have not heard the last of james comey, of course, his book hasn t officially come out yet. he has a whole book tour to do, several interviews and very strong suspicion we have not heard the last from the president on this yet either, john. a shrewd prediction. kaitlan collins at the white house, thank you very much. joining me now, former fbi special agent asha rangappa and robby mook. we also with us alice stewart.
welcome back. two very telling headlines out of the trump white house in just the past 24 hours. one, a west wing campaign to discredit the former fbi director. two, a west wing campaign to discredit the deputy attorney general. that s james comey and rod rosenstein. together they have a combined nearly 50 years in federal law enforcement across democratic and republican administrations. both have republican pedigrees. but team trump says they re the enemy, not to be trusted. comey is enemy number one because his book is out. here s kellyanne conway on fox this morning. we find that mr. comey has a revisionist view. he was fired, it s not like he came to the conclusions that s in his book while he was on the job as fbi director. he said to the president, i must resign. i can t deal with thi anymore. i must resign. she was in the driveway of the white house on fox this
now, president trump is being attacked not just on the issue of whether he is a liar or telling the truth or whether or not he cared about russian interference, but also in personal terms. comey talks about his physical appearance, and that s something that we talk to kellyanne conway, the president s counselor, this morning about. she criticized comey for going personal both on the president s appearance and on his marriage. she was asked whether the president viewed this book as a betrayal. here s what she said. we find that mr. comey has a revisionist view of history and seems like a disgruntled ex-employee. after all he was fired. it s not as if he came to the conclusions in his book while he was on the job as fbi director in the presence and company of the president and said, you know, i just must resign. i can t deal with this anymore, i must resign. reporter: kellyanne also added that she talked to the president about this interview and that he was amazed that
and i remember thinking how could your wife think there s a 1% chance? i m a flawed human being, but there is literally zero chance of my wife would think that was true. the president took a blow torch to comey. white house officials are dismissing the book as the work of a bitter ex-employee. here kellyanne conway. we find that mr. comey has a revisionist view of history and seems like a disgruntled ex-employee. it s not as if he came to the conclusions that are in his book while he was on a job as fbi director in the presence and the company of the president and said i just must resign. i can t be with us anymore. and this rollout for the book to her is just beginning so we will be hearing a lot more about this in the days to come. eric: that is for sure. meanwhile, what some say could be a message involving the rush investigation, the president is