Nancy Pelosi Says It’s ‘So Cute’ Trump Is Going After Comey for ‘Lying’ To Congress: ‘That’s Why I Tore Up His Speech!’

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “so cute” to see President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice go after former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly “lying” to Congress.

Pelosi joined CNN’s Dana Bash on Inside Politics on Wednesday shortly after Comey entered a not guilty plea against charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. As Bash wrapped up their interview, Pelosi mentioned the Comey news and took a dig at the president.

“The former head of the FBI [James Comey] has been accused of lying to Congress. There’s one point I want to make,” she said. “And that is that there is nobody who has lied more to Congress than Donald Trump, and that’s why I tore up his speech because it was a manifesto of lies. And I said that at the time. So it’s so cute almost that he’s accusing somebody of lying to Congress.”

“Obviously, he wasn’t under oath. It’s different,” Bash pushed back.

“It doesn’t matter. He’s the President of the United States speaking to the Congress of the United States,” Pelosi responded.

In 2020, Pelosi, then Speaker of the House, ripped up a copy of Trump’s State of the Union speech following his address to Congress. She was widely condemned by Republicans at the time.

Pelosi called her action in front of the cameras “the courteous thing to do, considering the alternatives.”

Trump claimed at the time that Pelosi had broken the law by tearing up his speech.

“Well, I thought it was a terrible thing when she ripped up the speech,” he told reporters. “First of all, it’s an official document. You’re not allowed, it’s illegal what she did. She broke the law. I thought it was terrible. I thought it was very disrespectful to the chamber, to the country.”

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