ADMINISTRATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIONS LOOK AT THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH.
PETER HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS BOOK ALL NIGHT.LOOKING AT THIS
BOOK ALL NIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
AND ITS CERTAIN TO SET OFF THE
PRESIDENT.
OVERNIGHT, WE GOT OUR FIRST FULL
LOOK.
JAMES COMEY DELIVERING A SCATHING INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP, DETAILING HOW COMEY SAYS
THE PRESIDENT LIVES IN A COCOON OF ALTERED REALITY. IN A COCOON
OF ALTERED REALITY. NEW FALLOUT FROM A BOMBSHELL
BOOK.
JAMES COMEY DELIVERING IN A BLISTERING TAKEDOWN OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
>> HES BECOME MORE FAMOUS THAN
ME.
>> Reporter: A YEAR AFTER HIS
FIRING, COMEY LOOMS LARGE IN THE TRUMPS PRESIDENCY.S LARGE IN THE
TRUMPS PRESIDENCY. HE CALLS THE PRESIDENT UNETHICAL
AND UNTETHERS TO THE TRUTH.
AND HE HAS SALACIOUS AND
UNVERIFIED DETAILS FROM AN
INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER.
ALLEGATIONS THAT RUSSIANS HAD
TAPED PRESIDENT TRUMP AT A HOTEL WITH PROSTITUTES.RUMP AT A HOTEL
WITH PROSTITUTES. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP DENIED THE
ALLEGATIONS, ASKING WHETHER HE
NEEDED THE SERVICE OF
PROSTITUTES.
HE WENT TO THE CASE WHERE WOMEN HAD ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL WOMEN
HAD ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
ASSAULT.
HE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF WOMEN AND MEMORIZED THEIR ALLEGATIONS.
>> COMEY SAYS TRUMP CALLED HIM
THE NEXT WEEK TO MENTION THE
DOSSIER AGAIN, TO TRY TO
CONVINCE HIM THAT THE
ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT TRUE AND
ASKED IF THE FBI WOULD
INVESTIGATE THEM.
INVESTIGATE THEM. >> Reporter: THE FORMER ERER LAW
OFFICER
OFFICER OFFICER, COMPARED THE PRESIDENT
TO SAMMIE THE BULL.
IT GAVE ME FLASHBACKS TO BEING A
PROSECUTOR OF THE MOB.
ALL OF IT, IN COMEYS RDS,
CREATING THE FOREST FIRE THAT IS
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
IT IS NOT NORMAL.
IT IS NOT FAKE NEWS.
IT IS NOT OKAY.
COMEY DEFENDS HIS HANDLING OF
THE CLINTON E-MAIL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION.
>> ITS MAKES ME MILDLY LYLY NAU TO THINK WE HAD AN INFLUENCE ON
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. >> Reporter: COMEY WRITES, I AM
SORRY FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE FEW AREAS OF TRUE
BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS IN
WASHINGTON IS THAT COMEY HAS NO
CREDIBILITY.
CREDIBILITY.
AS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, COMEY
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A WITNESS
AND DOESNT DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. HE SAYS ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO OBSTRUCT
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
BUT HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT ROBERTW ALL
OF THE EVIDENCE THAT ROBERT MUELLERS TEAM MAY HAVE
COLLECTED.
COLLECTED. >> AS THE TRUCK BACKS UP INTO
YOUR SHOT, I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR
MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE RAIDS ON
PRESIDENT TRUMPS PERSONAL
LAWYER, MICHAEL COHENS LAWYER,
THIS WEEK, ABOUT WHAT WAS FOUND
THERE?
THERE?
>> THE RAID HAS INFUHRRIATED AND WORRIED THE PRESIDENTS ALLIES.ND
WORRIED THE PRESIDENTS ALLIES. THEY ARE WORRIED THAT FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS MAY HAVE SEIZED
RECORDINGS MADE BY MICHAEL
COHEN.
COHEN.
COHEN SERVED AS THE LAWYER FOR
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION FOR THE
LAST DECADE.
HE WAS KNOWN TO STORE THE BUSINESS CONVERSATIONS USING
DIGITAL FILES AND TO REPLAY THEM
FOR COLLEAGUES.
FOR COLLEAGUES. WHATS NOT CLEAR IS IF THE
PRESIDENTS VOICE IS ON ANY OF
THE RECORDINGS.
THE RECORDINGS. THAT RAID HAS UPENDED THE
DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENTS ATTORNEYS AND
MUELLERS TEAM.
MUELLERS TEAM. MULTIPLE
MULTIPLE MULTIPLE SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH
THE MATTER SAID THAT MONTHS OF
TALKS COLLAPSED THIS WEEK AND
MUELLERS TEAM IS MOVING FORWARD
WITHOUT A PRESIDENTIAL
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW.
>> ON ANOTHER NOTE, WE HEAR
THERE MAY BE A PRESIDENTIAL
PARDON IN THE WORKS?
>> NO ONE FROM THE PRESIDENTS O BIT, CONFIRMED THAT THEIDENTS O
BIT, CONFIRMED THAT THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO PARDON A MAN
BY THE NAME OF SCOTTER LIBBY, A
ONE-TIME AID TO DICK CHENEY.
HE WAS CONVICTED A DECADE AGO OF
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND LYING
TO THE FBI, IN THE LEAK OF A CIA
OPERATIVES NAME.
OPERATIVES NAME. PRESIDENT BUSH COMMUTED HIS
PRISON SENTENCE BUT STOPPED WITH
A FULL PARDON.
THE PRESIDENT IS SENDING THIS