In a 60 Minutes interview, President Donald Trump says he didn't have to instruct the Justice Department to go after his critics. The interviewer then cites his September Truth Social post to Attorney General Pam Bondi calling former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James "guilty as hell" and demanding "justice must be served now." Five days later Comey was indicted; Comey, James and John Bolton have pleaded not guilty.
The receipt
- Who
- President Donald Trump
- Where
- interview - 60 Minutes, Mar-a-Lago
- Original footage
- 60 Minutes · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 54 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
No, you don't have to instruct them because they were so dirty, they were so crooked, they were so corrupt that the honest people we have, Pam Bondi's doing a very good job, Cash Patel's doing a very good job. The honest people that we have go after them automatically. But in a true social post from September addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, President Trump endorsed the idea that former FBI Director James Comey and New New York Attorney General Letitia James were quote, guilty as hell, and wrote quote, justice must be served now. Five days later, James Comey was indicted. He pled not guilty, and so did Letitia James and President Trump's former National Security Advisor, John Bolton. Is this retribution on your part? No, it's the opposite. I think I've been very mild -mannered. You're looking at a man who was indicted many times, and I had to beat the rap.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.