ABC Preview Of Interview With Comey Suggests He Likened Trump To A ‘Mob Boss’

Screenshot from ABC's promotion of its interview with James Comey, set to air on Sunday April 15, 2018.
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Former FBI Director James Comey will compare President Donald Trump to a “mob boss” in an upcoming interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, according to a preview of the anticipated sit-down.

“How strange is it for you to sit here and compare the President to a mob boss?” Stephanopoulos asks at the start of the promo video. The interview is set to air on Sunday at 10 p.m. as a special episode of ABC’s “20/20.” According to a source who was present for the taping and who spoke with Axios, Comey’s comments will “shock the President and his team” when it airs.

The interview is considered the launch of Comey’s book tour, a memoir — called “A Higher Loyalty” — set for release Tuesday.

While Comey has made subtle jabs at President Donald Trump on Twitter since the President fired him, the ABC interview will be the first time Comey speaks out on the circumstances surrounding his firing, which has been criticized as an effort by Trump to obstruct justice by attempting to end the Russia probe.

Watch the preview below:

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  1. I wonder if NBC would let ABC play a clip from that Lester Holt interview

    President Trump

    He [Rosenstein] had made a recommendation. But regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire Comey knowing there was no good time to do it

    And in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself – I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.

  2. Its probably the nicest true thing you can say about Trump…

  3. Aw, c’mon, George. We know the answers to those question without having to hear Comey’s WeaselSpeak responses.

  4. What I want, but will not get, is

  5. Al Capone is spinning in his grave from being compared that Orange pile of dung.

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