A new ABC News/Washington Post poll indicates more Americans trust former FBI Director James Comey to tell the truth than President Trump.
The survey, conducted from April 8-11, showed that 48% of respondents find Comey “more believable” than Trump, who only garnered 32% support for truth-telling.
The poll comes as Comey’s upcoming book, A Higher Loyalty, is scheduled to hit book stores on Tuesday.
Trump famously fired Comey from the FBI after becoming frustrated over the investigation into possible collusion with Russian actors in interfering with the 2016 presidential election.
Almost half of those polled (47%) indicated disapproval of Trump’s decision to fire Comey, compared to only 33% who said they approve.
As excerpts from former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming book A Higher Loyalty are hitting the media, the predictable Trump Twitter rant we’ve all expected has arrived.
And it’s everything you would expect from the Trumpster.
Of course, Trump labels Comey a “LEAKER & LIAR” but along the way Trump also accuses Comey of leaking classified information (not true) and that he lied to Congress (again, a big nope).
Trump really gets into the school yard dirt with a good old “untruthful slime ball” tag and proclaims it was a “great honor” to fire Comey from the FBI.
Ah, Donald, you really rose to the occasion here.
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…..
….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!
It’s worth noting that on the same day Trump issued his blistering “liar/leaker” attack on Comey, Trump actually pardoned a convicted liar/leaker, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s aide, Scooter Libby.
Of course, folks in the Twitterverse had some choice reactions:
Yet another instance of Donald Trump proving he’s utterly incapable of being presidential. Stop with the name calling. Stop with the bullying. And stop with your Hillary Clinton obsession. You’re not being paid to tweet. Do your job! https://t.co/YiEbbybX62— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) April 13, 2018
This is about as personally cornered as Trump has been since “Access Hollywood” weekend
.@realDonaldTrump attacking @Comey , calling him an “untruthful slime ball” isn’t fighting back or standing tough. It is a failure to uphold the prestige of the Presidency and show restraint in the face of criticism. Reality TV stars may thrive on one-liners, but Presidents don’t
President Trump tweets today that Comey “leaked CLASSIFIED information.” There is no support for that claim, as we wrote once before. https://t.co/qp5Vc3CO2F
Clearly, whatever the kids over at Fox News were chatting on this morning really put the screws to Donald Trump as he vented vociferously about fired FBI officials Andrew McCabe and James Comey on Twitter.
First, Trump accused Comey of lying under oath to a Senate committee writing, “Wow, watch Comey lie under oath to Senator G when asked “have you ever been an anonymous source…or known someone else to be an anonymous source…?” He said strongly “never, no.” He lied as shown clearly on @foxandfriends.”
Wow, watch Comey lie under oath to Senator G when asked “have you ever been an anonymous source…or known someone else to be an anonymous source…?” He said strongly “never, no.” He lied as shown clearly on @foxandfriends.
Then The Donald went after Andrew McCabe after reports that McCabe, like Comey, kept contemporaneous notes after every meeting with Trump.
See, that’s what FBI agents are trained to do so they can recall details more clearly should they need to in the future. But, alas, Trump doesn’t really grasp the concept of taking notes or being detail oriented.
Spent very little time with Andrew McCabe, but he never took notes when he was with me. I don’t believe he made memos except to help his own agenda, probably at a later date. Same with lying James Comey. Can we call them Fake Memos?
Trump finally lied to his followers saying Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is full of Democrats out to get him: “Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added…does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!”
Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added…does anyone think this is fair? And yet, there is NO COLLUSION!
Folks were quick to point out that Mueller is a longtime Republican. He was nominated by President George W. Bush for FBI director in 2001, and was appointed special counsel by Trump’s own pick to be deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who is also a Republican.
Of Mueller’s investigation team, seven of the 17 lawyers brought on by Mueller have donated to Democratic political candidates. But, you know, facts…
The Twitterverse, of course, responded:
It can be a mistake to view Trump only through a lens of “impulse.” Mueller has been at work for 10 months, and Trump never tweeted his name until Saturday. Now again this morning. He is in a new, deliberate phase of attack. https://t.co/MFJqlkXB6r
Mueller is a Republican. Wray is a Republican. Rosenstein is one, too. So is Sessions. Also Comey. Ever met an FBI agent, Stable Genius? If you had, you’d suspect most are Republicans. But you wouldn’t know for sure. Why? Because they don’t let politics influence their work.
James Comey might be sending Donald Trump a ‘thank you’ note for attacking the former FBI director on Twitter Saturday morning.
In the midst of a weekend Twitter rant, the Trumpeter included Comey in a victory lap tweet after having fired former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe just hours before he could retire with full pension.
Trump wrote, “Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI – A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!”
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI – A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!
But watching from a distance was Comey, who in a rare move, cooly responded to the attack: “Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not.”
Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not.
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions became the first cabinet member of Donald Trump’s administration to be questioned by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team looking into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Additionally, former FBI director, James Comey, has been interviewed by the special counsel’s team.
The interview with Mr. Comey focused on a series of memos he wrote about his interactions with Mr. Trump that unnerved Mr. Comey. In one memo, Mr. Comey said that Mr. Trump had asked him to end the F.B.I.’s investigation into the former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn.
After the president’s request was disclosed, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, appointed Mr. Mueller as the special counsel to lead the Russia investigation and examine whether the president obstructed justice.
The attorney general announced in March that he had recused himself from all matters related to the 2016 election, including the Russia inquiry. The disclosure came after it was revealed that Mr. Sessions had not told Congress that he met twice with the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey I. Kislyak, during the campaign.
We knew Mueller was investigating potential conspiracy between @realDonaldTrump officials & Russia. Dept of Justice spokesperson in this story on Attorney General Jeff Sessions now confirms Mueller is, in fact, also investigating potential Obstruction of Justice by @POTUS. https://t.co/kxNz1atXQW— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 23, 2018
Riffing on the movie musical classic Grease, Randy Rainbow parodies “Summer Nights” with James Comey and Jeff Sessions’ recent Senate Intelligence Committee testimony.
So clever.
Btw – you do know the movie Grease opened exactly 39 years ago today, right? 😉
The House committee looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election are asking the White House to release any recordings of chats between former FBI Director James Comey and President Trump.
A House panel led by Reps. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent a letter on Friday to White House counsel Don McGahn demanding the release of any “tapes” of conversations between Comey and Trump. The president first suggested the existence of such tapes after Comey revealed that he wrote memos of his private conversations with Trump leading up to his firing.
Conaway and Schiff are representing the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s Russia investigation, and a separate bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also sent letters requesting the notes Comey wrote documenting the same meetings with Trump.
The Senate group requested the memos from Professor Daniel Richman, the friend Comey gave his notes to, and the House group requested any memos still in Comey’s possession.
Schiff and Conaway provided a deadline of June 23.
James Comey better hope that there are no “tapes” of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!
This was a case of Trump saying something false to throw Comey off balance. But most probably an empty, hollow threat.
At this point, Comey is so resolute in his recounting of the “let Flynn go” story, any actual recording would most probably confirm Comey’s version of the story.
President Donald Trump tells ABC News‘ Jon Karl that he’s “100 percent” willing to testify under oath about his interactions with fired FBI director James Comey.
Answering Karl’s question today at a press event with Romania’s President, Trump asserted that Comey lied in some parts of the testimony he gave Thursday to the Senate intelligence committee.
Trump says that he never asked Comey for a pledge of loyalty, and never told Comey he hoped the investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn would go away.
When asked if there are recordings of his conversations with Comey, President Trump says he will let the American people know very shortly but, “You’re gonna be very disappointed when you hear the answer.”
It goes without saying that Trump’s rather “shaky” relationship with the truth makes it easy to believe he would happily lie under oath.
Grab your popcorn and tuned.
Pres. Trump would “100%” be willing to say under oath that he didn’t ask Comey to let Flynn investigation “go”; didn’t say “I need loyalty.” pic.twitter.com/TayObtkChX
