President Trump bragged Sunday night that had he not fired former FBI chief James Comey, he may not have gotten four years in the White House.
'Don't forget, I fired Comey. Had I not fired Comey you might not be talking to me right now about a beautiful book about four years in the White House,' the former president said. He was appearing on Fox News' 'Life, Liberty and Levin' to talk about his new book, Our Journey Together.
Comey announced in March 2017 that he was investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Not two months later, on May 9 of that year, Trump fired Comey.
The FBI rarely discloses its investigations, only when officials believe it is in the public interest. 'This is one of those circumstances,' Comey said at the time.
Trump has repeatedly called the investigation into Russian collusion a 'hoax' and suggested that Hillary Clinton was behind it.
Later in the interview, he brought up Comey again: 'I was going to say before, if I didn't fire Comey, they were looking to take down the President of the United States.'
'And now those same people said it was the most incredible instinctual moves that they've ever seen, because I wouldn't — I might be here with you, perhaps we'll be talking about something else. But I don't think I could have survived if I didn't fire him, because it was like a hornet's nest.'
'Don't forget, I fired Comey. Had I not fired Comey you might not be talking to me right now about a beautiful book about four years in the White House,' the former president said
Comey announced in March 2017 that he was investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Not two months later, on May 9 of that year, Trump fired Comey
Viewers questioned whether Trump had openly admitted to obstructing justice in the interview. MSNBC
