Now to a new chapter in the long feud
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between President Trump and former FBI
00:02
Director James Comey.
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>> The Justice Department is nearing a
00:05
decision to seek an indictment of Comey,
00:07
accusing him of lying to Congress 5
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years ago. The statute of limitations
00:11
for potential charges expires next week.
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>> More now from chief White House
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correspondent Nancy Cordis.
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>> He was a terrible person. Did terrible
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things.
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>> President Trump has railed about James
00:23
Comey for nearly a decade now. sources
00:25
tell CBS News that federal prosecutors
00:28
are nearing a decision about whether to
00:31
seek an indictment against him.
00:33
>> I just want people to act. They have to
00:35
act and we want to act fast.
00:37
>> Just four days ago, Trump posted this
00:40
message publicly urging his attorney
00:42
general to file unspecified charges
00:44
against Comey and two other political
00:47
enemies. Trump also posted that he had
00:50
fired the US attorney for the Eastern
00:52
District of Virginia. Trump's former
00:55
personal lawyer, Lindseay Halagan, who
00:57
has no prosecutorial experience, was
01:00
sworn in on Monday, and the case against
01:02
Comey, was revived. Tom Dri is a former
01:05
Justice Department official.
01:08
>> What is different about this case is
01:10
that there clearly has been significant
01:12
presidential pressure brought to bear,
01:14
and you don't want a universe in which
01:17
that pressure distorts the prosecutorial
01:19
judgment. and makes prosecutors make
01:22
charging decisions based not on the
01:24
evidence, but on what they think will
01:26
please the president.
01:28
>> As director of the FBI in the mid 2010s,
01:29
Comey oversaw investigations into
01:32
Hillary Clinton's email server and
01:35
Trump's alleged ties to Russia,
01:37
>> the Constitution of the United States.
01:39
So help me God.
01:42
>> So help me God. Trump fired Comey just
01:43
four months into his first term, and the
01:46
two have slammed each other periodically
01:48
ever since.
01:51
>> Clapper and Comey and that whole group
01:52
of criminals. They're criminals.
01:54
>> Multiple media outlets have reported
01:57
that charges could include account of
01:59
perjury over testimony Comey made to
02:01
Congress in 2020. But time was running
02:04
out to bring a case with the 5-year
02:07
statute of limitations due to expire
02:09
next week. Nancy Cordes, CBS News, the
02:12
White House.
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Lyrics & Translation
[English]
Now to a new chapter in the long feud
between President Trump and former FBI
Director James Comey.
>> The Justice Department is nearing a
decision to seek an indictment of Comey,
accusing him of lying to Congress 5
years ago. The statute of limitations
for potential charges expires next week.
>> More now from chief White House
correspondent Nancy Cordis.
>> He was a terrible person. Did terrible
things.
>> President Trump has railed about James
Comey for nearly a decade now. sources
tell CBS News that federal prosecutors
are nearing a decision about whether to
seek an indictment against him.
>> I just want people to act. They have to
act and we want to act fast.
>> Just four days ago, Trump posted this
message publicly urging his attorney
general to file unspecified charges
against Comey and two other political
enemies. Trump also posted that he had
fired the US attorney for the Eastern
District of Virginia. Trump's former
personal lawyer, Lindseay Halagan, who
has no prosecutorial experience, was
sworn in on Monday, and the case against
Comey, was revived. Tom Dri is a former
Justice Department official.
>> What is different about this case is
that there clearly has been significant
presidential pressure brought to bear,
and you don't want a universe in which
that pressure distorts the prosecutorial
judgment. and makes prosecutors make
charging decisions based not on the
evidence, but on what they think will
please the president.
>> As director of the FBI in the mid 2010s,
Comey oversaw investigations into
Hillary Clinton's email server and
Trump's alleged ties to Russia,
>> the Constitution of the United States.
So help me God.
>> So help me God. Trump fired Comey just
four months into his first term, and the
two have slammed each other periodically
ever since.
>> Clapper and Comey and that whole group
of criminals. They're criminals.
>> Multiple media outlets have reported
that charges could include account of
perjury over testimony Comey made to
Congress in 2020. But time was running
out to bring a case with the 5-year
statute of limitations due to expire
next week. Nancy Cordes, CBS News, the
White House.
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