LET'S GO BACK TO ANDY MCCARTHY

FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER

FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.

JAMES COMEY AT LEAST PRIOR TO

HIS FIRING ALWAYS ENJOYED A

REPUTATION OF SOMETHING OF A

BOY SCOUT IN THE F.B.I.

A GUY WHO WAS ALWAYS UPHOLDING

THE LAW.

THIS REPORT WOULD SEEM TO

SUGGEST OTHERWISE.

>> WELL, CERTAINLY HE BECAME A

LAW UNTO HIMSELF.

HE THINKS THAT HE HAD A GOOD

REASON FOR IT.

BUT HERE IS SOMETHING, JON,

I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO

UNDERSTAND.

HE WAS JIM COMEY.

HE HAD A VERY BIG PUBLIC

PROFILE.

HE WAS NO LONGER F.B.I.

DIRECTOR ONCE HE WAS REMOVED BY

PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WHY LEAK GOVERNMENT RECORDS?

YOU ARE JIM COMEY, YOU COULD GO

OUT TO THE SIDEWALK AND CONVENE

A PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE COULD

HAVE SAID WHATEVER HE WANTED TO

SAY IN TERMS OF HOW BADLY HE

THOUGHT A SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS

NEEDED AND WHY.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN CLEAR TO ME,

AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR A

RATIONALE EVEN IF YOU ACCEPTED

EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING ABOUT

THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THE

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS

TRUSTWORTHY AND NOBODY WHO HAS

WORKED AT THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT GETS TO MAKE THAT

CALL.

SO IT IS VERY PRESUMPTUOUS ON

HIS PART TO DO THAT.

WHAT I CONTINUE TO BE MYSTIFIED

BY IS WHY DO IT THIS WAY?

WHY LEAK INTERNAL GOVERNMENT

INFORMATION REGARDLESS OF

WHETHER IT WAS CLASSIFIED OR

NOT?

YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT.

IT IS NOT YOUR INFORMATION TO

DO OR TO LEAK.

HE WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AT

THAT POINT.

IF HE THOUGHT THAT THE

GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPOINT A

SPECIAL COUNSEL, HE COULD

EASILY HAVE JUST CONVENED A

PRESS CONFERENCE AND SAID SO

AND IT WOULD HAVE HAD LOT OF

IMPACT.

>> THE I.G. REPORT MAKES THAT

POINT THERE WERE OTHER AVENUES

AVAILABLE TO HIM BESIDES TAKING

THESE F.B.I. MEMOS, GIVING THEM

TO HIS FRIEND THE COLUMBIA