Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer joined the symphony of voices bashing James Comey on the release of his new book.
As Comey is set to launch his book tour in support of his tell-all memoir, the former FBI chief has come under fire for his blatant attempt to “cash in on his very public hatred for President Donald Trump,” as Fox News’ Sean Hannity said.
Fleischer, who was the spokesman for President George W. Bush, called out Comey for his hypocrisy in an appearance on Fox News’ “The Angle” on Thursday.
Comey describes Trump as a “congenital liar and unethical leader, devoid of human emotion and driven by personal ego.”
Then why did he work for Trump? If that’s what Comey thought, the honorable action would be to resign. I’m on @IngrahamAngle tonight talking about it.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) April 13, 2018
Fleischer asked why Comey would continue to work for someone he described in his book as a “congenital liar and unethical leader, devoid of human emotion and driven by personal ego.”
“If that’s what the head of the FBI thought of the commander in chief, the president, to whom he does report,” Fleischer said. “The honorable thing would have been for James Comey to resign.”
“How can he work for somebody he considers unethical?” Fleischer asked. “And he does work for the president. He is the FBI director, one of the most important and powerful positions in government that answers to the president.
“The James Comey I know has always been a grandstander, is still a grandstander, this book just shows that even more so.”
Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro echoed Fleischer’s thoughts.
Serious question: if Comey isn’t a grandstanding glory-seeker, why wait a year and a book deal before telling the whole story?
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 12, 2018
Comey’s not giving his book money to charity, is he? Because that would be honorable and show he’s not in it for the cash.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 12, 2018
President Trump personally fired back at Comey on Friday, leveling a direct hit at the man he called “a proven LEAKER & LIAR.”
James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH. He is a weak and…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
….untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst “botch jobs” of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
Fox News’ legal and political analyst, Gregg Jarrett, as well as Retired FBI agent, James Gagliano, raised serious questions about Comey’s violation of FBI procedure with the release of his book.
“Things will end badly for Comey. He stole government documents,” Jarrett tweeted Thursday, calling the memoir a work of “fiction” and “fantasy.”
Meanwhile, watchdog organization Judicial Watch launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice in order to find if Comey got “special treatment” in writing his memoir.
JW filed a FOIA lawsuit w/ the DOJ for FBI docs on Comey’s new memoir — FBI officials are usually required to submit transcripts for pre-publication review. JW wants to know whether Comey got special treatment, like he did when he leaked info to the media. https://t.co/NWXvppCjHa
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) April 12, 2018
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