Former FBI Director James Comey said he’s “fine” with the Justice Department giving Congress access to memos he wrote memorializing his interactions with President Trump.
“I don’t care. I don’t have any views on it. I’m totally fine with transparency,” Comey told CNN Thursday. “I’ve tried to be transparent through this, and I think what folks will see if they get to see the memos is I’ve been consistent since the very beginning, right after my encounters with President Trump. And I’m consistent in the book and tried to be transparent in the book as well.”
Comey wrote a series of memos documenting his multiple interactions with Trump, some of which have garnered headlines and drawn complaints from members of Congress.
In one instance, detailed in one of Comey’s memos, the former FBI director said the president asked him to end the bureau’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey claimed in another memo Trump demanded loyalty from him.
News that Congress will be allowed access to Comey’s memos, expected sometime Thursday, comes after three Republican committee chairmen sent a letter to the Justice Department this week arguing there is “no legal basis for withholding these materials from Congress.”
Comey is currently giving a series of media interviews as he promotes his new book, A Higher Loyalty, which hit shelves Tuesday.