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Follows the relationships between FBI directors and the presidents they serve, examining James Comey's clash with Donald Trump, J. Edgar Hoover with Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton with Louis Freeh, and George W. Bush with Robert Mueller.
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00:00I often joke I'm the relationship that Trump can't get over,
00:03wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about me
00:05and how I'm living my best life.
00:09The relationship between the FBI director and the president
00:12has always been complicated.
00:14Sometimes they're in moments of deep collaboration.
00:18The FBI is fully engaged on the war on terror.
00:22At other times, the FBI is investigating the president.
00:26The honeymoon between Bill Clinton and Louis Freeh
00:29was over very quickly.
00:33You don't want an FBI to try to destroy a president,
00:36but you also don't want a president to destroy the FBI.
00:40It became this dance of favors and threats.
00:44Do we stay true to the mission, or do we bend to the moment?
00:52This is American history unfolding.
00:57No one is above the law in the FBI's eyes.
01:00Standoff, the FBI, Power and Paranoia
01:02premieres Sunday, March 22nd on CNN
01:05and next day on the CNN app.
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