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Realtime your response is not what it should be, because you go back and think about it you say wow, i should have said this. i think he was very careful. and when i was a young fbi agent in the early '90s, if i had an interaction with a mobster, i immediately went back to my car with a small microcassette and i recorded it. and then i immediately typed it up in my notes. and james comey did that. >> but what he did not do is arguably the largest question that looms over this. on may 8th he said under oath the president did not ask him to halt any investigation. why did he say that under oath?...

We're getting into here. james, if i can shift gears here to fbi director james comey, testifying on thursday. obviously, you worked in the fbi. you know, as a former fbi agent, what do you think it is that james comey wants to clear up in this public testimony? >> john, i think first of all, this is going to be a week of high theater. we're three days out from his testimony in front of the senate intelligence committee. the last time we saw james comey in front of congress was the day before he was fired, may 8th. and in that testimony, i've gone back and listened to that and read the transcr...

Should on may 8. i think the symmetry within -- i'm sorry, june 8. i think the symmetry between the may 8th testimony that comey delivered in front of congress the day before he was fired on may 9th, i think people will be shocked that robert mueller is allowing him to testify. because every time somebody testifies or speaks in the media, you're providing additional opportunities for there to be a conflict in what you've said previously. >> abobut we don't know if ther are restrictions prograerhaps mr ha mueller perhaps has instructed k0e comey with. >> sure. anything that we can catch takes

Seeminglyeccilable reports on what james comey did or didn't ask for the trump investigation right befo trump fired him. what we know is this, the day before he was fired, may 8th, fbi director james comey did meet with the leaders of the senate intelligence committee with republican chairman richard burr and democratic vice-chairman mark warner. the three of them met privately. it was just the three of them in the room. and here's where things start to splay out. in the meeting, it appear there's was a discussion about the pace and the progress of the fbi's inquiry into trump russia. it seems...

He learned on may 8th, that would be the day before the firing, that trump intended to remove comey and that trump sought his advice and input. and here's a quote, "notwithstanding my personal affection for director comey, he said "i thought it was appropriate to seek a new leader." he says that he chose the issues to include in my memorandum." so, we are now getting -- this is some important, new information, because the key has been when did -- what was the reasoning behind the firing of james comey, right? we've heard two different things from the white house. one thing came out from the wh...