the president also never
told mr comey, quote,
i need loyalty, i expect loyalty.
he never said it in
form or in substance.
of course, the office
of the president is entitled
to expect loyalty from those
who are serving the administration,
and from before this president
took office to this day,
it is overwhelmingly clear
that there had been and continues
to be those in government
who are actively attempting
to undermine this administration
with selective and illegal leaks
of classified information
and privileged communications.
mr comey has now admitted
that he is one of these leakers.
today, comey admitted
that he unilaterally
and surreptitiously made
disclosures to the press
of privileged communications
with the president.
the leaks of this privileged
information began no later
than march 2017,
when friends of mr comey have stated
that he disclosed to them
the conversations that he had
with the president during their
january 27th 2017 dinner,
and february 14th 2017
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