John Sununu: James Comey Testimony Reeks Of ‘Self-Sanctification’ | For The Record

CHIEF OF STAFF TO GEORGE H.W. BUSH, GOVERNOR JOHN SUNUNU.
LOTS OF CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT, LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR
THE PRESIDENT. TODAY HE DID MEET WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA. HE SPOKE TO PRIME MINISTER
THERESA MAY OF THE U.K., HE'S DONE BUSINESS.
YET THE QUESTION IS HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT HIM?
AT ONE TIME YOU CALLED HIM A PHONY.
>> WELL, I IS YOU PORTED HIM VERY AGGRESSIVELY IN THE 2016
ELECTION AGAINST MRS. CLINTON SO I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS I'M VERY
HAPPY TRUMP IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> SO, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS OTHER -- TODAY, I MEAN, THE
EPISODE TODAY HE IS DANGLING OUT THERE THERE ARE TAPES.
THAT HE'LL TESTIFY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> THIS ALL FLOWS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF JAMES COMEY.
I THINK AS THIS THING GETS DISSECTED A LITTLE BIT BETTER BY
CALMER HEADS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE THAT THE
PRESIDENT MAY BE RIGHT. YESTERDAY MAY HAVE BEEN A MUCH
BETTER DAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP THAN PEOPLE ARE GIVING HIM
CREDIT FOR. I THINK JIM COMEY REALLY CREATED
SOME PROBLEMS FOR HIMSELF WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE MEMOS THAT
HE LEAKED TO THE PRESS. HE CLAIMED HE DID IT AS AN
AFTERTHOUGHT WHEN SOMETHING HIT HIM ON MONDAY.
BUT, IN FACT, ON THURSDAY PRECEDING, THE TIMES WAS QUOTING
FROM THOSE MEMOS AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT JIM COMEY COULD HAVE
NOT UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN THEY WERE QUOTING SONG SO EXPLICITLYT
THE MEMOS WERE ALREADY LEAKED. SO, OBVIOUSLY THEY MUST HAVE
BEEN LEAKED WELL BEFORE THAT MONDAY FLASH.
SO, THAT STATEMENT ON HIS ABOUT MONDAY IS PURELY A FABRICATION.
I THINK HE CREATED OTHER PROBLEMS FOR HIMSELF.
THIS THING, TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND AS IF THE PRESIDENT ASKING
TO SEE HIM PRIVATE IS NEFARIOUS. PRESIDENTS GRANT A COURTESY TO
CABINET MEMBERS AND HEADS OF MAJOR DEPARTMENTS TO LET THEM
TALK TO HIM IN PRIVATE SO THAT THEY CAN TELL HIM AS FRANKLY AS
THEY WANT WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
FRANKLY, AT THAT TIME THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS THE ONE IN
CHARGE OF COMEY. HE ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
STEP OUT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
HE WANTED -- IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COMEY FAILED TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. IF COMEY WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
WHAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD HIM, THEY WERE IN PRIVATE.
HE COULD TELL HIM IN PRIVATE THAT THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
BUT HE FAILED TO DO THAT. THE FACT THAT COMEY HIMSELF IN
JANUARY ASKED FOR ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT I
THINK SET THE TONE FOR IT. SO, ALL OF THIS
SELF-SANCTIFICATION OF COMEY OF HIMSELF AND WHAT HE SAID I DON'T
THINK STANDS UP. >> YOU GO AS FAR AS HIS SON
DONALD TRUMP, JR. LOOK, I GIVE A LOT OF LATITUDE TO CHILDREN
WHOSE PARENTS -- CHILDREN HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORY TO ME THAN A
COLLEAGUE OR SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR YOU.
BUT HE SAYS THIS IS A 10-MONTH WITCH HUNT.
ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS AN UNFAIR INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP?
LOOK, HE DOES GET RIGHT INTO THE SPAT BY THESE TWEETS, BY
DANGLING THERE MAY BE TAPES, NOT TAPES.
HE DOES PLAY AROUND A LOT WITH IT SO HE DOESN'T HAVE COMPLETELY
CLEAN HANDS ON THIS. >> WHETHER HIS SON THINKS IT'S
FAIR, IT'S BEEN AN INVESTIGATION SEVEN MONTHS.
BURR IN THE OPENING QUESTIONS TO COMEY ASKED HIM IF TRUMP OR
ANYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAD PRESSURED HIM TO DROP THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN 2016.
HE SAID NO, SIMPLE DECLARATIVE NO.
NOW THE PRESS IS JUMPING ON THE FACT THAT LATER ON IN THE
CONVERSATION COMEY SAID, WELL, HE WAS SURE THAT MUELLER WOULD
LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY INVOLVEMENT THERE BY THE
PRESIDENT OR OTHERS. I'M NOT SURE IF HE SAID OTHERS,
BUT CERTAINLY BY THE PRESIDENT. I'M SURE THAT MUELLER WILL LOOK
TO SEE IF THERE IS INVOLVEMENT BY ANYONE IN THIS PROCESS,
INCLUDING WAS THERE COLLUSION BY THE DEMOCRATS WITH THE RUSSIANS.
SO, THE FACT THAT HE EXPRESSES AN OBVIOUS REALITY

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