'I wanted a woman president really badly’: Comey's wife reveals she was 'devastated' by Trump's victory – and joined the Women’s March through DC the day after his inauguration
- Patrice Failor Comey appears in her husband's interview with ABC News
- She says she wanted a woman president 'badly' and backed Hillary Clinton
- She says she was devastated by Clinton's loss
- James Comey says probably all five of his children wanted Clinton to become the first woman president
- Patrice Failor Comey attended the women's march the day after Trump's inauguration
- Many Democrats blame Comey's July 2016 press conference where he admonished Clinton for her emails and his later announcement that he reopened the email probe as a key to her loss
- Hillary Clinton called Comey's Oct. 2016 intervention 'the determining factor' in her defeat
- Clinton wrote in her own book she felt 'shivved' by Comey
Former FBI Director James Comey's wife was a Hillary Clinton backer 'devastated' by her defeat – and she even joined the informal resistance to Trump's stunning election.
Patrice Failor Comey spells out her clear preference in the election many critics say her husband helped tilt in the same bombshell ABC interview where Comey talks about Trump's hair and skin tone and says he doesn't know if the president us under the sway of the Russians.
'I wanted a woman president really badly, and I supported Hillary Clinton,' she told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in a brief clip concluded in the prime-time piece on her husband's first interview since President Trump fired him.
'A lot of my friends worked for her. And I was devastated when she lost,' she added.
The Comey children were also ready for Hillary.
Former FBI Director James Comey's wife, Patrice, and daughters took part in the women's march after Trump's inauguration
'Oh yeah,' Comey said, asked about his wife's support for Clinton. 'I didn't take a poll among all the kids, but I'm pretty sure that at least my four daughters, probably all five of my kids, wanted Hillary Clinton to be the first woman president.'
'I know my amazing spouse did. My wife and girls marched in the women's march the day after President Trump's inauguration,' he said.
The network flashed a photo of Patrice and the Comey daughters taking part in the march that drew hundreds of thousands of protesters the day after Trump's inauguration.
Comey's wife holds an apparently hand-made sign that says 'Stand Up For Women.'
'I wanted a woman president really badly, and I supported Hillary Clinton,' she told ABC's George Stephanopoulos' in the piece about her husband
Patrice Comey with two of her daughters, who are wearing T-shirts that reference Trump's 'nasty woman' comment toward Hillary Clinton
Comey says there was 'a lot of passion in this house for Hillary Clinton,' in reference to his home
Attendees hold signs onstage during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada
President Barack Obama (2nd L) pats new FBI Director James Comey (2nd R) on the back as they arrive for Comey's installation ceremony at the FBI Headquarters in Washington October 28, 2013. At left is FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce and at right Comey's wife Patrice
"Our President isn't really a honest person." Former FBI Director James Comey's wife speaks out with @GStephanopoulos: https://t.co/A9E4gam5bY pic.twitter.com/bhpgxqYjT5
— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 16, 2018
But Comey said he tried to do his job without concern for how it might play at home – and referenced the tension and pressure he felt over the Clinton email probe,
'There was a lot of passion in this house for Hillary Clinton,' Comey continued. And I-- I get that. But again, I hope it illustrates to people that I really wasn't making decisions based on political fortunes.'
'She knew enough, Patrice, the pain that I was in that – and how hard these decisions were that I don't think she spent a lotta time – I think she got actually where I was ... She expressed frustration,' he said of his college sweetheart at William & Mary college in Virginia.
'She hated the fact that I had to make these decisions, and 'cause she loves me dearly, she hated the fact that I personally was stepping in front of the institutions to get shot repeatedly. She would say, 'Look, I get what you're doing. I get that you're trying to protect the institutions,' Comey said.
Comey is promoting his new book, 'A Higher Loyalty.'
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