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Does not exonerate the president of the united states, they have been discredited in some way. it's quite transparent and a fig leaf if he is preemptively striking at that point. >> thank you all so much. just days from now jake tapper will sit down with comey for the former fbi director's first cable news television interview since president trump fired him. you can see it thursday on "the lead" at 4:00 p.m. eastern with jake tapper right here on cnn. >> still ahead, we're going to hear more from james comey on president trump and whether he obstructed justice. and we're also standing by for ...