"I just think everything you mentioned there doesn't mean he lied to Congress, or that they'll be able to secure a conviction. But I do want to ask, because in 2020, you warned that prosecutors should be dedicated to the truth, not looking for high-profile skins and acting out of political animus. The President made very clear here that, that he wanted this to happen. I mean, he explicitly said it, over the weekend."
"Look, from everything I've seen about Jim Comey, and from FBI agents that I talked to, and I'm talking about a lot of people that are former agents that are around for a long time, they realize that Comey did lasting damage to the FBI in his behavior. His ambush interviews of Flynn, his little jokes on the beach, his condescending and obnoxious behavior."
Kaitlan Collins challenged James Trusty about President Trump's pressure to indict former FBI Director James Comey and questioned whether criticisms equate to provable crimes. Collins cited Trusty's 2020 warning that prosecutors should pursue truth rather than high-profile targets or political vendettas, and noted Trump explicitly expressed a desire for an indictment. Trusty acknowledged Trump's animus after a perceived weaponized Department of Justice and said Trump also qualified his remarks by invoking DOJ decision-makers. Trusty characterized Comey as having harmed the FBI through ambush interviews, offhand jokes, and condescending behavior, while Collins asked whether animus makes such action justified.
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