Trump Attacks FBI in Series of Tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the removal of a veteran FBI agent from the special counsel’s investigative team.
President Donald Trump is attacking his own FBI in a series of tweets and says the law enforcement agency’s reputation is “in Tatters - worst in History!” The president says in a tweet that “we will bring it back to greatness.”
The president was responding to reports that a veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages.
He writes after years under fired FBI director James Comey, “with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more),” the agency’s reputation “is in Tatters - worst in History!’” The president also retweeted a tweet suggesting FBI Director Chris Wray “needs to clean house.”
The president said earlier Sunday he never asked Comey to stop investigating ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.
This is seemingly in response to a Friday morning Instagram from Comey's Instagram. The former FBI director captioned a picture of a brook with a bible verse, “‘But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ Amos 5:24.”
“But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24
A post shared by James Comey (@comey) on Dec 1, 2017 at 9:01am PST
As Time points out:
Comey’s post, of course, didn’t explicitly reference Flynn or Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which has so far left four people connected to President Trump charged with crimes. But it certainly seems like Comey, who was fired as FBI director in May, is trying to make a point to Trump.
This post will updated if and when the president tweets more.
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