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100 quotes from James Comey
“I took it as a direction.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing Trump's request regarding Michael Flynn.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“The Russians interfered in our election during the 2016 cycle.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“We assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail account.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016
FBI
“I'm good with it.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey saying he had no objection to recordings of his conversations being released.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“That should be a high-level concern for everybody.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Referring to foreign interference in American elections.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“He had repeatedly told me I was doing a great job and he hoped I would stay.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey's account of Trump's statements to him.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I knew there might come a day when I would need a record of what had happened.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing his contemporaneous memos of conversations with Trump.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“They did it with overwhelming technical efforts.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Referring to Russian interference.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“They will be back because we remain, as difficult as we can be with each other, we remain that shining city on the hill.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing why he believed Russia would continue targeting American elections.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I was a private citizen.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing his status when he shared the memo's contents.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“That combination of things I'd never experienced before.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing why his interactions with Trump prompted contemporaneous notes.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“It was not acceptable.”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey discussing errors in the Carter Page FISA applications.
Fox News Sunday
“I didn't consider it a government document.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey's characterization of the memo he shared after his firing.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I was overconfident in the procedures that the FBI and Justice had built over 20 years.”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey discussing the Carter Page FISA process.
Fox News Sunday
“Release all the tapes.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey saying he welcomed release of any recordings of his conversations with Trump.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I was concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey's explanation for creating written records after meeting with Trump.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“There are no indispensable people at the FBI.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“That didn't make sense to me.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing the administration's initial explanation for his firing.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I don't think it's my place to try and interview the President.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing his conversations with Trump.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey explaining why he authorized disclosure of the contents of his memo.
Senate Intelligence Committee