James Comey is concerned about Trump's post-presidency intelligence briefings

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Ana Navarro told Comey on Friday's show that she was bothered by the possibility that, once he leaves office, Trump could divulge sensitive information to people who aren't authorized to receive it or sell information to foreign adversaries, like Russia's Vladimir Putin or North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Comey said that post-presidential intelligence briefings are usually "controlled" by the director of national intelligence, "who will have to take a very hard look at whether Donald Trump should be given information, including any information that might be sensitive to the security of the United States." "The guy's a lying demagogue who you can't trust," Comey said. "You want to be very, very careful about what you give him." "I'm hoping that he will have been stripped of the perks of a former president by being convicted by the U.S. Senate and barred from further participation in public office," he added. "Maybe that will be a reason for them to cut him off entirely."

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"On balance, I'd rather he be convicted by the Senate, barred from office and pursued by local prosecutors in New York for the fraudster that he was, before he came [into] office," Comey said. "It'd be better if we turned off the Klieg lights and pursue him locally, rather than giving him center stage while Joe Biden tries to lead us."

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