President Donald Trump praised the FBI as a “fantastic institution” but said some of its top officials were unfortunately “rotten apples.”
Trump questioned the legacy James Comey will be leaving behind for his family as he responded to another one of the fired FBI chief’s angry tweets during an interview with “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday.
“How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren?” Comey wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
Facts matter. The FBI’s use of Confidential Human Sources (the actual term) is tightly regulated and essential to protecting the country. Attacks on the FBI and lying about its work will do lasting damage to our country. How will Republicans explain this to their grandchildren?
— James Comey (@Comey) May 23, 2018
Dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything. Americans must break out of that bubble and seek truth.
— James Comey (@Comey) May 23, 2018
Trump flipped the question by asking the same of the former FBI director.
“How is he going to explain to his grandchildren all of the lies, the deceit, all of the problems he’s caused for this country?” he said, adding that his firing of Comey will go down as “a very good thing.”
“The FBI is great. I know so many people in the FBI. The FBI is a fantastic institution, but some of the people at the top were rotten apples. James Comey was one of them,” Trump said. “I’ve done a great service for this country by getting rid of him, by firing him.”
Bombshell reports that an FBI informant had contacted at least three members of Trump’s presidential campaign prompted a wave of attacks on the agency in recent days.
Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal. Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. SPYGATE – a terrible thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2018
Not surprisingly, the GREAT Men & Women of the FBI are starting to speak out against Comey, McCabe and all of the political corruption and poor leadership found within the top ranks of the FBI. Comey was a terrible and corrupt leader who inflicted great pain on the FBI! #SPYGATE
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2018
Trump continued to blast Comey in tweets, using the hashtag #SPYGATE, as he accused him of inflicting “great pain on the FBI.”
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