‘Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information.’
‘He was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump… he was ultimately unsuccessful.’
‘There needs to be accountability.’
‘There needs to be accountability.’
On Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the indictment of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey by a federal grand jury. Excerpts are below, and video can be found here.
“Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information through a Columbia Law professor.”
“[He] essentially admitted to that and his goal was to get a special counsel appointed, which ultimately happened when Robert Mueller was appointed and then ensued a two-year investigation, which ended up with basically nothing to show for it.”
“He is entitled to a trial and presumption of innocence, but it's clear to me, Martha, that once he was dismissed as FBI Director, he was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump. He came close to doing it, but because the President's incredible resilience under all that pressure, he was ultimately unsuccessful.”
“I think there needs to be accountability, particularly at the highest levels of law enforcement.”
“The FBI Director should be somebody who follows the law under all circumstances, not cutting corners and potentially committing criminal offenses.”
“[He] essentially admitted to that and his goal was to get a special counsel appointed, which ultimately happened when Robert Mueller was appointed and then ensued a two-year investigation, which ended up with basically nothing to show for it.”
“He is entitled to a trial and presumption of innocence, but it's clear to me, Martha, that once he was dismissed as FBI Director, he was bound and determined to destroy President Donald Trump. He came close to doing it, but because the President's incredible resilience under all that pressure, he was ultimately unsuccessful.”
“I think there needs to be accountability, particularly at the highest levels of law enforcement.”
“The FBI Director should be somebody who follows the law under all circumstances, not cutting corners and potentially committing criminal offenses.”
Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, is a member of the Senate Finance, Judiciary, Intelligence, Foreign Relations, and Budget Committees.
