- Former FBI Director James Comey urged people to "use every breath we have" to make sure "the lies stop" and President Donald Trump is not reelected in 2020.
- He also urged Democrats to choose a nominee that would beat Trump.
- He said, however, that impeachment could leave some Americans feeling like there had been a "coup."
- Comey, a vocal Trump critic, said the president was "certainly close" to being an unindicted co-conspirator in crimes identified in the Russia probe.
- He also said he had become "numb" to Trump's criticisms of him.
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James Comey urged people to 'use every breath we have' to stop Trump from getting reelected in 2020
Former FBI Director James Comey said he wanted Democrats to pick a candidate that would beat the president in 2020, but did not want him impeached.
Former FBI Director James Comey in Capitol Hill in June 2017.
Former FBI Director James Comey urged people to "use every breath we have" to prevent US President Donald Trump from being reelected in 2020.
Comey told MSNBC's Nicole Wallace on Sunday night, as cited by CNN: "
"I understand the Democrats have important debates now over who their candidate should be," Comey told Wallace, "but they have to win. They have to win."
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Trump in August.
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He added that he was worried that a third-party candidate, like Michael Bloomberg, could take away enough votes from a Democrat to let Trump win, The Daily Beast reported. "
Russia probe
Comey, who Trump fired as FBI Director in 2017, also discussed recent key developments in the bureau's probe into the Trump presidential campaign's ties with Russia, such as the new sentencing memos for former Trump allies Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort.
Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended "substantial prison time" and a $100,000 fine for longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to financial crimes, campaign violations, and lying to Congress.
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They also accused Manafort, the former chairman of Trump's presidential campaign, discernible lies
Comey also responded to Trump lashing out at him on Twitter earlier on Sunday, in which he accused Comey of lying to Congress in testimony he delivered on Friday about his
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