GRACE.
>> Chris: KEVIN CORKE
REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
KEVIN, THANK YOU.
JOINING US NOW, FORMER FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, DIRECTOR,
WELCOME TO "FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Chris: YOU'VE BEEN TAKING
SOMETHING OF A VICTORY LAP SINCE
THE IG REPORT WAS RELEASED
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT
IT'S JUSTIFIED.
HERE ARE YOU IN THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL
MICHAEL HOROWITZ ANSWERING THE
SAME QUESTION.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS
VINDICATION?
>> IT IS.
THE FBI HAS HAD TO WAIT TWO
YEARS WHILE THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS FOLLOWERS LIED ABOUT THE
INSTITUTION.
FINALLY THE TRUTH GETS COLD.
>> DOES YOUR REPORT INDICATE
MR. COMEY?
>> IT DOESN'T INDICATE ANY ONE
OF THE FBI WHO TOUCHED THIS,
INCLUDING THE LEADERSHIP.
>> Chris: THE IG SAYS YOU
SHOULD FEEL NO VINDICATION.
>> Director Comey: MAY BE A
TURNS UP ON HOW WE UNDERSTAND
THE WORD.
WHAT I MEAN IS THE FBI WAS
ACCUSED OF TREASON, OF ILLEGAL
SPYING, TAPPING MR. TRUMP'S
WIRES ILLEGALLY, OPENING AN
INVESTIGATION WITHOUT
JUSTIFICATION AND BEING A
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO UNSEAT --
DEFEAT AND THEN UNSEAT A
PRESIDENT.
ALL OF THAT WAS NONSENSE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
LOOKED AT THAT, THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOUR VIEWERS
AND ALL VIEWERS UNDERSTAND
THAT'S TRUE, BUT HE ALSO FROM
THINGS WE WERE NEVER ACCUSED OF,
WHICH IS REAL SLOPPINESS, AND
THAT'S CONCERNING AND UPSET ALL
ALONG HAS TO BE FOCUS ON.
IF I WERE DIRECTOR I'D BE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND DIVING
INTO IT.
>> Chris: WELL, SLOPPINESS MAY
BE A EUPHEMISM FOR WHAT HE IS HE
FOUND.
ONE OF HIS BIG CONCERNS IS THE
WAY THE FBI HANDLED THE FISA
APPLICATIONS AND THE WARRANTS
THAT ALLOWED YOU TO SURVEILLED
CARTER PAGE, WHO WAS A FORMER
FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR TO THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
AGAIN, HERE IS WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT THE FISA PROCESS AND WHAT
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HOROWITZ
SAID THIS WEEK, TAKE A LOOK.
>> I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE THAT
THE FISA PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED
THAT THE ENTIRE CASE WAS HANDLED
IN AND OUT OF THOUGHTFUL AND
RESPONSIBLE WAY BY THE DOJ AND
THE FBI.
>> WE IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT
ACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS IN EACH
OF THE FOUR APPLICATIONS.
SEVEN IN THE FIRST APPLICATION
AND A TOTAL OF 17 BY THE FINAL
APPLICATION.
>> Chris: 17 SIGNIFICANT
ERRORS IN THE FISA PROCESS AND
YOU SAY THAT IT WAS HANDLED IN A
THOUGHTFUL AND APPROPRIATE WAY.
>> Director Comey: HE'S RIGHT,
I WAS WRONG.
I WAS OVERCONFIDENT IN THE
PROCEDURES OF THE FBI AND
JUSTICE HAVE BUILT OVER 20 YEAR
YEARS.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE ROBUST
ENOUGH.
IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD TO GET A
FISA, I WAS OVERCONFIDENT IN
THOSE BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT, THERE
WAS REAL SLOPPINESS.
70 THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
IN THE APPLICATION OR AT LEAST
DISCUSSED AND CHARACTERIZED
DIFFERENTLY.
IT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE SO HE'S
RIGHT, I WAS WRONG.
>> Chris: YOU MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE YOU'RE A BYSTANDER, AN
EYEWITNESS, YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR
OF THE FBI WHILE A LOT OF THIS
WAS GOING ON.
>> Director Comey: SURE, I'M
RESPONSIBLE, I WAS OVERCONFIDENT
AS DIRECTOR IN OUR PROCEDURES
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT A LEADER
BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT.
IF I WERE SO DIRECTOR I'D BE
SAYING EXACTLY THE SAME THING
THAT CHRIS WRAY IS SAYING, THAT
WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF THIS BECAUSE THE MOST
IMPORTANT QUESTION IS, IS IT
SYSTEMIC?
ARE THE PROBLEMS IN OTHER CASES?
>> Chris: ONE OF THE CENTRAL
ISSUES IS THE ROLE THAT THE
STEELE DOSSIER PLAYED, WHICH WAS
AWFUL RESEARCH PAID FOR BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
WHAT ROLE IT PLAYED IN GETTING
THE WARRANTS TO SURVEILLED PAGE.
AGAIN, HERE'S YOUR VERSION AND
AGAIN, HERE'S THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
>> MY RECOLLECTION WAS IT WAS
PART OF A BROADER MOSAIC OF
FACTS THAT WERE LAID BEFORE THE
FISA JUDGE TO OBTAIN A WARRANT.
>> AND WE CONCLUDED THAT A STEEL
REPORTING PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE
IN THE DECISION TO SEEK A FISA
ORDER.
>> Chris: HOROWITZ SAYS IT
WASN'T PART, AS YOU TOLD
BRET BAIER, IT WASN'T PART OF A
BROADER MOSAIC, HE HE SAID IT
PLAYED AS ESSENTIAL ROLE IN
ESTABLISHING -- IF HE SAID IF IT
HADN'T BEEN FOR THE
STEELE DOSSIER THE FA PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN SUBMITTED A
FISA APPLICATION THAT WAS THEN
REVIEWED IN APRIL OF 2016 -- OR
AUGUST RATHER, DECIDED NOT TO DO
IT, THEY GET THE DOSSIER, THEY
DO IT.
IT WASN'T PART OF A BROADER
MOSAIC, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID,
SIR.
>> Director Comey: I'M NOT
SURE HE AND I ARE SAYING
DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS REPORT SAYS IS THE FBI
THOUGHT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL
UNTIL THEY GOT THE REPORT COME
UP WITH THAT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION IN AND THAT TIPPED
IT OVER TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE.
IT'S A LONG FISA APPLICATION
THAT INCLUDE STEEL MATERIAL AND
LOTS OF OTHER MATERIAL, I DON'T
THINK WE ARE SAYING DIFFERENT
THINGS.
>> Chris: I THINK YOU ARE,
SIR, BECAUSE HE SAYING -- YOU'RE
SAYING IS PART OF A BROADER
MOSAIC AS JUST ONE ELEMENT, HE'S
SAYING IT WAS THE TIPPING POINT,
IT'S WHAT BROUGHT IT OVER.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT PART OF A
BROADER MOSAIC, IT MAKES IT THE
CENTERPIECE OF THE WHOLE FISA
APPLICATION AND THE ABILITY TO
SURVEILLED CARTER PAGE.
>> Director Comey: I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HIM TO BE SAYING
THAT, AND I COULD BE WRONG WITH
THAT.
>> Chris: I GOT HIS QUOTE
HERE.
HE SAYS WE CONCLUDED THE STEELE
REPORTING PLAYED A CENTRAL AND
ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE DECISION
TO SEEK A FISA WARRANT, THAT IT
PUSHED THE FISA PROPOSAL OVER
THE LINE IN TERMS OF
ESTABLISHING PROBABLE CAUSE.
I MEAN, HE SAYS WHAT HE SAYS,
WORDS MEAN SOMETHING.
>> Director Comey: I AGREE
WITH THIS CHARACTERIZATION, I'M
JUST CONFUSED -- I DON'T SEE THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US
AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M MISSING
IT.
>> Chris: YOU'LL SEE A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PART OF
OF A BROADER MOSAIC AND IT
WAS -- IT PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE
IN ESTABLISHING PROBABLE CAUSE?
>> Director Comey: IT WAS ONE
OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FACTS
THAT WERE SIMPLE TO APPLY TO THE
COURT.
IT WAS THE ONE THAT CONVINCED
THE LAWYERS THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH
NOW WITH THAT ADDED TO THE PILE
TO GO FORWARD.
>> Chris: I GUESS THE QUESTION
IS IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE
MINIMIZING THE ROLE OF THE
STEELE DOSSIER AND HE SAYING
IT'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN
YOU LET ON.
>> Director Comey: IF I WAS,
THAT I'M SORRY THAT I DID THAT,
BUT I MEANT IT WAS ONE PART OF
THE PRESENTATION TO THE COURT,
IT WAS NOT A HUGE PART OF THE
PRESENTATION TO THE COURT, BUT
IT WAS THE FACT, ACCORDING TO
HIS REPORT, THAT CONVINCED THE
LAWYERS TO GO FORWARD.
>> Chris: ALL RIGHT, THEN
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF HOW
RELIABLE THE STEELE DOSSIER IN
FACT WAS BURIED ON JANUARY 6TH
2017 AND THE TRUMP TOWER, YOU
BRIEF DONALD TRUMP ON THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT ABOUT THE
STEELE DOSSIER.
THAT SAME MONTH THE FBI TALKS TO
STEELE'S MAIN RUSSIAN CONTACTS,
THE MAIN PERSON ON WHOM HE BASED
THE DOSSIER SAYS ACCORDING TO
THE IG REPORT, QUOTE, "STEELE
MISSTATED OR EXAGGERATED THE
PRIMARY SUB SOURCE OF STATEMENTS
IN MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE
REPORTING."
DIRECTOR COMEY, NOT ONLY DO YOU
FAIL TO GO BACK TO THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT A PRESIDENT
AFTER JANUARY 20TH AND TELL HIM,
THAT REPORTED BRIEF YOU ON?
TURNS OUT IT'S BUNK, BUT THE FBI
GOES BACK AND RENEWS IT FISA
APPLICATION THREE MORE TIMES AND
BY THIS POINT, THE FBI KNOWS
THAT THE STEELE REPORTING IS NOT
CREDIBLE.
>> Director Comey: I THINK
YOU'RE MISCHARACTERIZING BOTH
WHAT THE FBI KNEW AND WHAT
MR. HOROWITZ SAYS IN HIS REPORT.
THEY CONCLUDED WAS BUNK, THEY'S
CONCLUDED THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY
OF SOME OF THE SUB SOURCE
REPORTING.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
IN THE RENEWALS.
WHEN I BRIEF THE PRESIDENT I
BRIEFED HIM ON SMALL PART OF IT
THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT
WAS TRUE OR NOT, DIDN'T CARE, I
JUST NEEDED HIM TO KNOW ABOUT I
IT.
>> Chris: I THINK YOU'RE
MISCHARACTERIZING.
STEELE -- RATHER, HORWITZ ISN'T
SAYING THAT THE SUB SOURCE, THE
RUSSIAN CONTACTS WAS UNRELIABLE
OR WAS INACCURATE, THE RUSSIAN
CONTACT SAID TO THE FBI, STEELE
IS UNRELIABLE BECAUSE HE
MISREPRESENTED.
STEELE MISSTATED OR EXAGGERATED
THE SOURCE'S STATEMENTS IN
MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE REPORT.
HE SAYING I TOLD HIM ONE THING
AND HE WROTE SOMETHING ELSE.
THE FBI KNEW THAT.
>> Director Comey: THAT
DOESN'T DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT
STEELE'S REPORTING IS BUNK.
THIS A NUMBER OF TRICKY
THINGS -- ARE INTERVIEWING THE
SUB SOURCE AFTER ALL THE
REPORTING HAS BECOME PUBLIC SO
AS A COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
INVESTIGATOR YOU HAVE TO THINK
IS HE WALKING AWAY FROM IT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT PUBLIC AND THAT
HAS TO GO INTO YOUR
ASSESSMENT --
>> Chris: IF IT HAD BECOME --
JUST BARELY, THIS IS AN
JANUARY 2017, THIS ISN'T TWO
YEARS LATER.
>> Director Comey: THIS IS
WHEN IT BLEW UP, WHEN IT WAS
PUBLISHED BY WHATEVER THE
OUTFIT, BUZZFEED WAS ALL OVER
THE NEWS AND IT HAD BECOME A BIG
DEAL.
>> Chris: DID YOU KNOW ALL OF
THIS?
>> Director Comey: ALL OF
WHAT?
>> Chris: EVERYTHING THAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IN FACT THE
STEELE REPORT WAS THE KEY FOR
PROBABLE CAUSE?
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE FBI HAD
TALKED TO THE RUSSIAN CONTACT
AND HE SAID WHAT STEELE SAID, IF
HE HAD -- WHAT HE HAD TOLD HIM
WAS NOT TRUE, DID YOU KNOW THIS?
YOU'RE THE FBI DIRECTOR.
>> Director Comey: THE REPORT
WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE FBI
CONCLUDED THAT STEELE'S
REPORTING WAS BUNK AFTER TALKING
TO HIM IS SUB SOURCE.
AS THE DIRECTORY ARE NOT KEPT
INFORMED OF THE DETAILS OF AN
INVESTIGATION, SO NO, IN
GENERAL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY
LEARN FROM THE SUB SOURCE, I
DIDN'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> Chris: THIS ISN'T SOME
INVESTIGATION, SIR.
THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
CAMPAIGN OF THE MAN WHO IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH A
FIRESTORM INVESTIGATING
HILLARY CLINTON, I WOULD THINK
IF I WERE IN YOUR POSITION I
WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT, YOU
KNOW, LIKE A JUNKYARD DOG.
I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING THEY WERE DOING AND
INVESTIGATING THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
>> Director Comey: THAT'S NOT
THE WAY IT WORKS THOUGH, AS A
DIRECTOR SITTING ON TOP OF AN
ORGANIZATION OF 30,000 PEOPLE
PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T RUN AN
INVESTIGATION THAT'S SEVEN
LAYERS BELOW YOU, YOU HAVE TO
LEAVE IT TO THE CAREER
PROFESSIONALS TO DO, TO THE
SPECIAL AGENTS WHO DO THIS FOR
THEIR LIVES AND IF A DIRECTOR
TRIES TO RUN AN INVESTIGATION IT
WILL GET MOCKED UP IN ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS GIVEN
HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITIES AND
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF REACHING
THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT
THE LOWER LEVEL.
>> Chris: AND THEN THERE IS --
LAST, THE WORST MISCONDUCT, IN
AUGUST OF 2016, JUST TWO WEEKS
INTO THE INVESTIGATION, THE CIA
TELLS THE FBI THAT IT ACTUALLY
HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH
CARTER PAGE, THAT WHEN HE HAS
THESE MEETINGS WITH THE RUSSIANS
COME HE ACTUALLY GOES BACK AND
HE TELLS THE CIA ABOUT IT, BUT
YOU NEVER TELL THE FISA COURT
THAT AND IN FACT, IN 2017, AND
FBI LAWYER DOCTORS A DOCUMENT.
IT IS HE A SAID CARTER PAGE,
HE'S A SOURCE AND HE PUTS IN THE
APPLICATION HE'S NOT A SOURCE.
>> Director Comey: I HAVE TO
TAKE ISSUE -- I'LL ANSWER THE
QUESTION BUT ONE OF THE
PREDICATIONS OF HER QUESTION,
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL DID NOT
FIND MISCONDUCT BY ANY FBI
PEOPLE.
HE FOUND MISTAKES AND NEGLIGENCE
AND OVERSIGHT.
>> Chris: THAT'S NOT TRUE, IN
THE CASE OF KEVIN'S LINE SMITH
HE WAS REFERRED FOR CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
>> Director Comey: THAT HAS
NOT BEEN RESOLVED, HIS BUSINESS
WITH A LAWYER CHANGING SOME
EMAIL TO A PARTNER ON THE TEAM.
>> Chris: YOU MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE IT'S NOT MUCH.
HE >> Director Comey: NO, IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT.
>> Chris: NOT A SOURCE DO NOT
A SOURCE IS A VERY BIG DEAL.
>> Director Comey: REMEMBER
HOW WE GOT HERE, THE FBI WAS
ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT,
I WAS GOING TO JAIL, PEOPLE ON
THIS NETWORK SAID IT OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
INSPECTOR GENERAL DID NOT FIND
MISCONDUCT BY FBI PERSONNEL, DID
NOT FIND POLITICAL BIAS, DID NOT
FIND ILLEGAL CONDUCT.
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND
SIGNIFICANT MISTAKES AND THAT IS
NOT SOMETHING TO SNEEZE AT.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
REVIEWERS, NEED TO REALIZE THEY
WERE GIVEN FALSE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FBI.
IT'S HONEST, IT IS NOT
POLITICAL, IT IS FLAWED.
>> Chris: WOULD YOU AGREE THAT
THE FISA COURT WAS ALSO GIVEN
FALSE INFORMATION BY THE FBI?
>> Director Comey: I THINK
THAT'S FAIR.
THE FBI SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED OR
AT LEAST PUSHED WITH A LAWYER SO
THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION
INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST SAID,
THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ANOTHER
AGENCY -- NOT A SOURCE
RELATIONSHIP BUT SOME SORT OF
CONTACT RELATIONSHIP.
>> Chris: I WANT TO DO TO
THREE LESS QUESTIONS AND ONE OF
THEM HAS TO DO WITH HOW SERIOUS
WHAT THIS IS -- YOU'VE LOCKED
DOMINIC TALKED A LOT ABOUT
MISTAKES OR SLOPPINESS.
HOROWITZ INCLUDES THREE SEPARATE
TEAMS MADE SIGNIFICANT ERRORS IN
FOUR SEPARATE FISA APPLICATIONS
ON ONE OF THE FBI'S MOST
SIGNIFICANT CASES.
THE INVESTIGATION OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS
CAMPAIGN.
>> Director Comey: TRUMP -- I
HAVE TO KEEP CORRECTING IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT BEING
INVESTIGATED, HIS CAMPAIGN WAS
NOT BEING INVESTIGATED, FOR
AMERICANS, TWO OF WHOM WERE NO
LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CAMPAIGN, WERE BEING
INVESTIGATED.
>> Chris: HE WAS ASKED HOW HE
EXPLAINED IT, HOROWITZ, HERE HE
IS.
>> IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE
MOTIVATIONS WERE.
ON THE ONE HAND, CLOSE ATOMIC
GROSS INCOMPETENCE, NEGLIGENCE,
ON THE OTHER HAND
INTENTIONALITY.
>> Chris: GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
THE INTENDED TO DO IT -- THEY
INTENDED TO LIE TO THE COURT.
YOU WERE IN CHARGE DURING A LOT
OF THIS, SIR.
AND IN FACT, YOU SIGNED THE FISA
APPLICATIONS.
>> Director Comey: SURE, I
THINK I SIGNED AT LEAST TWO OR
THREE OF THEM.
HE DOESN'T CONCLUDE THAT THERE
WAS INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT BY
THESE CAREER SPECIAL AGENTS.
>> Chris: HE SAYS IT'S ONE OF
TWO THINGS AND HE CAN'T DECIDE.
IT GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR IT WAS
INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
>> Director Comey: I'VE READ
HIS REPORT.
HE SAID WE ARE NOT CONCLUDING
THAT THERE WAS INTENTIONAL
MISCONDUCT.
>> Chris: DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE E
SAID JUST YOUR?
>> Director Comey: I DID, I
DON'T KNOW HOW THE CONTEXT IS.
>> Chris: HE WAS ASKED
SPECIFICALLY, AND HE SAID GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONALITY.
>> Director Comey: I'M SORRY,
HE DOESN'T FIND IT
INTENTIONALITY BUT THAT DOESN'T
MAKE IT ANY LESS IMPORTANT.
AS DIRECTOR, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS.
I WAS RESPONSIVE OVER THIS AND
IF I WAS THERE I WOULD BE DOING
WHAT CHRIS WRAY IS DOING,
FIGURING OUT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN
AND IS IT SYSTEMIC, BECAUSE
THAT'S THE SCARIEST THOUGHT.
>> Chris: IF YOU WERE STILL
THERE AND ALL OF THIS CAME OUT
AND IT TURNED OUT IT HAPPENED ON
YOUR WATCH, WOULD YOU RESIGN?
>> Director Comey: NO, I DON'T
THINK SO.
MISTAKES I CONSIDER MORE
CONSEQUENTIAL THAN THIS DURING
MY TENURE IN THE IMPORTANT THING
IS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT
AND THEN LOOK TO FIX IT AND
EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HOW YOU FIXED IT.
>> Chris: A COUPLE OF FINAL
QUESTIONS, AS YOU KNOW,
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR HAS BEEN
HARSHLY CRITICAL OF HOW THE FBI
CONDUCTED THIS ENTIRE OPERATION.
HERE'S HOW HE REACTED TO THE
IG'S FINDINGS OF WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO CALL IT IN THE HANDLING
OF THE FISA APPLICATIONS.
SPEAK OF THESE IRREGULARITIES,
THESE MISSTATEMENTS, THESE
OMISSIONS, WERE NOT
SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED.
AND I THINK THAT LEAVES OPEN THE
POSSIBILITY TO INFER BAD FAITH.
>> Chris: GIVEN THE REPEATED
ERRORS, SOME WOULD SAY ABUSES OF
THE FISA PROCESS, DOES
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR HAVE A
POINT?
>> Director Comey: NO.
HE DOES NOT HAVE A FACTUAL BASIS
AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES TO BE SPECULATING
THAT AGENTS ACTED IN BAD FAITH.
THE FACTS JUST AREN'T THERE.
FULL STOP.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS
CONSEQUENTIAL, ANY LESS
IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S AN
IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT.
>> Chris: FINALLY, HERE'S
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THERE'S HOW
HE REACTED TO THE IG REPORT ON
THE FBI INVESTIGATION.
>> THEY'VE DESTROYED THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GREAT
PEOPLE.
THAT ARE STILL GREAT PEOPLE.
THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
BY SCUM, OKAY?
BY SCUM.
>> Chris: I WOULD LIKE YOUR
RESPONSE TO THAT AND I LIKE YOU
SPECIFICALLY -- YOU SAID THE
OTHER DAY WHERE IT IS FBI LAWYER
LISA PAGE GO TO GET HER
REPUTATION BACK?
ORDERS CARTER PAGE GO, THE
TARGET OF THESE FISA WARRANTS
AND SURVEILLANCE, WHERE IS HE
GUARDED AND HIS REPUTATION BACK?
>> Director Comey: THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
CARTER PAGE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY BY HIS NAME
BEING MADE PUBLIC.
HIS UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND IT
NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE
PUBLIC AND THAT'S AN OUTRAGE BUT
THAT STATEMENT IS JUST A
CONTINUATION OF THE LIES OF THE
FBI.
THE FBI IS AN HONEST, A
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
REMEMBER THE TREASON, REMEMBER
THE SPINE, ALL OF US GOING TO
JAIL, IT WAS FALSE INFORMATION
THAT YOUR VIEWERS AND MILLIONS
OF OTHERS WERE GIVEN.
MY OWN MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS WORRIED
I WAS GOING TO JAIL.
I KEPT TELLING HER IT'S ALL MADE
UP, IT'S ALL MADE UP, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT BUT I COULDN'T
SAY THAT PUBLICLY FOR TWO YEARS.
NOW I'M SINGING ON BEHALF OF THE
FBI, IT WAS ALL MADE UP AND I
HOPE PEOPLE WILL STARE AT THAT
AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE FBI IS
LIKE, HUMAN AND FLAWED, BUT
DEEPLY COMMITTED TO TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
>> Chris: DIRECTOR COMEY,