President Trump says he didn’t ask former FBI Director James Comey for his loyalty before he fired him, but argued Friday it would have been acceptable to do.
Fox Business News host Judge Jeanine Pirro asked Trump on Friday about a report claiming he had asked Comey if he had his loyalty and whether doing so was inappropriate.
“I don’t think – I read that article. I don’t think it’s inappropriate,” Trump said.
“Did you ask that question?” Pirro asked.
“No. No, I didn’t, but I don’t think it would be a bad question to ask,” Trump said. “I think loyalty to the country – loyalty to the U.S. is important. You know, it depends on how you define loyalty … I don’t know how it got out there because I didn’t ask that question.”
In a tweet on Friday, Trump alluded to possible tapes of his conversations with Comey.
“Well, that I can’t talk about. I won’t talk about that. All I want is for Comey to be honest and I hope he will be. I’m sure he will be – I hope,” Trump added.
Comey was nominated and confirmed by the Senate in 2013. He was fired by Trump on Tuesday evening.
