James Comey Opens Up About Ego, Distrust and More

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🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, had an elaborate plan to make public his memos documenting his interactions with President Trump, in the hopes of prompting the appointment of a special counsel. In an interview, he explains his decision to take matters into his own hands. Guest: Mr. Comey. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.
0:09.0	Today, it was an elaborate plan to open up his memos to the public in order to trigger the creation of a special council
0:18.0	to carry out an investigation of the president that he didn't trust the rest of the government to do.
0:26.0	James Coney explains his decision to yet again take matters into his own hands.
0:44.0	It's Friday, April 20th.
0:50.0	Is everything sounding good?
0:52.0	Yeah, just maybe tell us about how wonderful that photo experience was outside.
0:58.0	It was breathtaking, flashing really.
1:00.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	I said you have never been videotaped in an elevator before.
1:06.0	It's really exciting.
1:08.0	We're all multi-media now.
1:10.0	So we're going to jump in. Are we sounding good?
1:12.0	Great. Thank you again for coming.
1:14.0	We really appreciate it.
1:16.0	And welcome to The Daily.
1:18.0	Director, I want to start by reading you something that you wrote in the opening pages of your book, actually in the author's note right up at the top.
1:26.0	You said, all people have flaws and I have many.
1:30.0	Some of mine, as you'll discover in this book, are that I can be stubborn, prideful, overconfident, and driven by ego.
1:39.0	I've struggled with those my whole life.
1:42.0	What compelled you to open your book by noting your flaws?
1:47.0	I think one of the challenges I think I faced in writing this book is a lot of people already have a view of me that is formed.
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