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Then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by saying the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly led. that the work force lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. >> what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to started putting down a written record? >> the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interacting with. circumstances first i was alone with the president of the united states. the president-elect, soon to be president. the subject matter i was talking about matters that touch on the fbi's core res...

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Was described publicly. >> although the law required no reason at all to fire an fbi director, the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fib. by saying the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. >> let's start with the january 6th meeting in trump tower. what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interac...

>> what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interacting with, i was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting and so i thought it really important to document. >> reporter: from comey's perspective, his one-on-one interactions with the president only grew more troublesome. >> oh, and there's james -- he's become more famous than me. >> you've seen the picture of me walking across the blue room. and what...

The comey testimony, we have assembled some of them for you now. >> although the law required no reason at all to fire an fbi director, the administration then chose to defame me, and more importantly, the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly led. that the work force had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. >> what was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interacting with...