Trump Trashes Comey As ‘Not Smart’ and Should Be ‘Jailed’
by Michael John Scott
We know he’s certifiable, and each day puts an emphatic point on that observation as Donald Trump went on a Twitter tear against James Comey this morning, just ahead of the former FBI director’s big first interview.
Snippets from Comey’s sure-to-be explosive tell-all with George Stephanopoulos tonight on ABC News have been released and they are certain to draw the Twitter ire of Trump.
So, predictably, the man in the Oval took the bait on Sunday, first tweeting about Comey’s confession that his certainty that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency played a role in his decision to announce that the FBI was reopening its investigation into her.
“In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job,” Trump wrote. “Slimeball!”Trump then suggested that Comey’s supposed offenses (like when he passed on some of his own memos on interactions with Trump to a friend to be leaked to the press) should earn him prison time:
Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Trump then suggested that Comey’s supposed offenses (like when he passed on some of his own memos on interactions with Trump to a friend to be leaked to the press) should earn him prison time:
The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Next up, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch who, according to Trump, Comey threw “under the bus”:
Comey throws AG Lynch “under the bus!” Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give us all a break)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Trump denied he asked Comey for his loyalty as the former FBI director claims.
“I hardly even knew this guy,” Trump explained.
I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies. His “memos” are self serving and FAKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
And finally, the president gave Comey a new nickname, “Slippery James Comey,” while calling him the
WORST FBI Director in history.”
Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
Edited via Mediaite.
Comey may go down as worst FBI director, but tRump… is going down!
And Comey precipitated it!
Comey isn’t the worst. Sessions was probably worst but Comey will run a very close second I expect.
Can you say witness tampering, I knew that you could