Trump Practically Indicts Himself
Former FBI Director James Comey is weighing in on President Trump’s gleeful tweets attacking just-fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Comey himself.
Many believe Comey’s contemporaneous notes detailing his disturbing interactions with Trump will lead to the president’s downfall. Those notes, written immediately after each of Comey’s meetings and discussions with the president, include one in which he was asked to drop the investigation into former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, and another in which Trump asks for Comey’s personal loyalty.
Saturday afternoon, Comey replied to the president’s attacks directly, warning him that “the American people will hear my story very soon.” He also noted the American people will be able to decide who is the honorable person – Trump or Comey.
Minutes earlier, President Trump posted a pair of tweets professing his supposed vindication while suggesting “leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State,” likely pointed at Comey, McCabe, and others, all unnamed.
Trump then again made clear, as he had just past midnight, that McCabe’s firing was an act of political retribution: