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>> the first meeting in particular i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didn't stay behind for the second private meeting and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with the president to talk about things that were relating to him and to the fbi's core responsibilities, and given the nature of the person, as i understood the president-elect, he might not tell the truth about those if it ever became an issue so i needed a written record. >> is this the sort of thing that fbi officials and special agents and people thro...

>> you've explained to congress that you didn't write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didn't stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with the president to talk about things that were relating to him and to the fbi's core responsibilitie...

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>> you've explained to congress that you didn't write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didn't stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with the president to talk about things that were relating to him and to the fbi's core responsibilitie...

And he talked about this very process. >> you've explained to congress that you didn't write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didn't stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with the president to talk about things that were relating to hi...