Trump: Comey Indictment Is About Justice, Not Revenge
President Donald Trump held a press availability with reporters Friday morning before boarding Marine One en route to New York for the Ryder Cup.
PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Trump, are you worried now that the next time there’s a Democratic president, they will indict your FBI director or people in your administration? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, that’s what they tried to do, right? They did it with me for four years, they went after me. They went after me for four years, and that doesn’t include the four great years that we had in the White House. So when I ran it from, you know, 2016 when we won, it began before I got to office. You know that. Wait a minute. Before I came to office, I started hearing rumors about Russia. I said, what the hell do I have to do with Russia? Nothing. And then it got worse and worse, and some of the fakers, not you, but some of the fakers picked it up and they loved it. And we went through a long time with that. And despite that, we had a great first term. PETER DOOCY: And that’s how it went, because that’s how it went, where they made you go and take a mugshot. Is this more about justice or is it about revenge? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It’s about justice, really. It’s not revenge, it’s about justice. It’s also about the fact that you can’t let this go on. They are sick, radical left people, and they can’t get away with it. And Comey, Comey was one of the people, he wasn’t the biggest, but he’s a dirty cop. He’s always been a dirty cop. Everybody knew it. And it’s, you know, as far as the case is concerned, he gave an answer. It was a strong answer. He then verified it a couple of times because that was a very important answer. If he would have equivocated, if he would have been like a little bit less sure, that would have been very bad for him. So he gave an answer. The only problem is, for him, he didn’t think he’d be caught, and he got caught. It’s about justice. He lied. He lied a lot. But this was a very important thing. This was, he could have said, well, maybe, or I don’t remember. He didn’t say that. He gave a very specific answer, and then he verified it numerous times, and he got caught. The problem that Comey has is he got caught lying, and he was very strong. It’s not like, well, maybe, or I don’t remember. He gave a very specific answer because it was a very powerful question, a very important question. And when he gave the answer, the only problem is he got caught.