Comey Testimony: Former Colleague Explains What You Should Watch For

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Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. The much-anticipated hearing is likely to focus on Comey's interactions with President Donald Trump.

Comey's planned opening statement was published yesterday, and it offers a preview of what the former FBI director will say. The statement includes details from Comey of a conversation in which President Trump asked him to end the FBI's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

It is just under a month since the president abruptly fired Comey, and the senators on the Intelligence Committee are likely to have plenty of probing questions for him about the events leading up to his dismissal.

Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor who worked with Comey when he was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, discusses Comey’s prepared remarks. Rodgers, the executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School, spoke with Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich before James Comey testified.