The former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director, James Comey has hit back at the United States President, Donald Trump, saying that the Americans can judge for themselves who is honorable in the government.
Hours after FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was sacked by the US Justice Department on the grounds of lying to the investigators, reviewing the probe of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email server case, Trump tweeted welcoming the decision.
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and the President Tweeted to say,
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018
And followed it up with,
The Fake News is beside themselves that McCabe was caught, called out and fired. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars was given to wife’s campaign by Crooked H friend, Terry M, who was also under investigation? How many lies? How many leaks? Comey knew it all, and much more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018
McCabe was ony 26 hours away from his retirement when the decision was made known.
Comey retaliated by tweeting, “Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not,” Comey tweeted on Saturday.”
Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not.
— James Comey (@Comey) March 17, 2018
Comey, who was fired last year by President Trump, has a hush-hush memoir coming out on April 17 – ‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership’. It is expected that Comey will use his book to refute President Trump’s attack on the FBI.