'Painful' charges against Donald Trump 'show the rule of law still works' - James Comey.
A former director of the FBI has said he doesn't take any pleasure in the difficulties faced by Donald Trump.in May 2017, after ordering an investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
"It's painful as a country that we have to show that that's necessary, and to contemplate the future where we may have one of the two candidates for president potentially be incarcerated at the time he's running for office.Mr Comey recalls being asked by Mr Trump to pledge his loyalty to him, one week into his presidency.
"He set up a dinner that I thought was a group dinner... and it turned out to be just the two of us at the end of his first week as president.Former director of the FBI James Comey speaks during a US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on June 8th 2017.
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