Chris Wallace: The W.H. Strategy ‘Is to Discredit James Comey as Much as Possible’

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WALLACE: "From the White House? Absolutely, which is to discredit James Comey as much as possible, to say that he is just trying to sell a book. He’s trying to make money. He is trying to repair his reputation, but that his reputation is irretrievably tattered. The thing that interests me about the book, I have not had an opportunity to read it. I haven’t gotten a copy. But I have read exhaustive articles from the “Wall Street journal” — “The Washington Post” and the “New York Times” from folks who have read it. Is that there is not a lot new there. There are a lot of new characterizations, opinions of the president that he is untethered to the truth. Comparing him to a mob boss. We have heard it all now for a couple of days. In terms of what a lot of people were expecting, in terms of bombshells, evidence, potential legal problems, not much. And, in fact, Comey says that while he thinks that the president has been unethical in some of his dealings, he doesn’t know that it rises to the level of the illegality. I think that will be the bottom line for the white House. They are not worried about what Comey thinks of Donald Trump. They are worried whether he was going to create — put another stone on his legal burden. It doesn’t appear he is doing that."