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# In His Words: President Trump On James Comey

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## Video: In His Words: President Trump On James Comey

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_Published 2017-05-10. President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey — a controversial move that followed months of Trump's shifting opinions about him._


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## Transcript

Why did you fire Director Comey? Cuz he wasn't doing a good job, very simple. He was not doing a good job. When you hear what was said by the FBI Director today, he talked about extremely careless. She was extremely Careless that's a tremendous word. Today is the best evidence ever that we've seen that our system is absolutely, totally rigged. The State Department and the FBI Colluded, got together, to make Hillary Clinton look less guilty. I have great respect for the FBI, for righting this wrong. The American people fully understand her corruption, and we hope all, all justice will finally be served.

I respect the fact that Director Comey Was able to come back after what he did. And it took guts for director Comey to make the move that he made in light of the kind of opposition he had. And there's [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ LAUGH ] He's become more famous than me. [ LAUGH ] [ APPLAUSE ] Was it a mistake not to ask Jim Comey to step down from the FBI at the onset of your presidency. Is it too late now to ask him to step down. No, it's not too late but I have confidence and we'll see what happens. When Jim Comey came out He saved Hillary Clinton. People don't realize that. He saved her life. Why did you fire James Comey?

Cuz he wasn't doing a good job. Very simply he was not doing a good job.

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