President Donald Trump added new heat to his attacks on former FBI Director James Comey after a New York Times Friday night report on an investigation the FBI opened in the days following his firing of Comey.
Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation, the NYT reported that Trump’s firing of Comey triggered an FBI inquiry into whether the President had been secretly working for Russia against U.S. interests.
The NYT reports that despite suspicion over Trump’s ties to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, law enforcement officials did not launch an investigation then due to uncertainty over how to approach a probe with that level of sensitivity. It wasn’t until Comey’s May 2017 firing, when Trump appeared to connect Comey’s ousting to the Russia probe, that counterintelligence investigators looked into whether Trump posed a national security threat.
Trump’s first reaction to the report came in Saturday morning tweets where he said former FBI leaders opened an investigation on him “for no reason & with no proof” and that his firing of Comey was “a great day for America.”
Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
…Funny thing about James Comey. Everybody wanted him fired, Republican and Democrat alike. After the rigged & botched Crooked Hillary investigation, where she was interviewed on July 4th Weekend, not recorded or sworn in, and where she said she didn’t know anything (a lie),….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
….the FBI was in complete turmoil (see N.Y. Post) because of Comey’s poor leadership and the way he handled the Clinton mess (not to mention his usurpation of powers from the Justice Department). My firing of James Comey was a great day for America. He was a Crooked Cop……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
…..who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller, & the 13 Angry Democrats – leaking machines who have NO interest in going after the Real Collusion (and much more) by Crooked Hillary Clinton, her Campaign, and the Democratic National Committee. Just Watch!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Trump also tweeted Saturday that “getting along with Russia is a good thing” while arguing that he’s been “FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton.”
I have been FAR tougher on Russia than Obama, Bush or Clinton. Maybe tougher than any other President. At the same time, & as I have often said, getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. I fully expect that someday we will have good relations with Russia again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Lyin’ James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter S and his lover, agent Lisa Page, & more, all disgraced and/or fired and caught in the act. These are just some of the losers that tried to do a number on your President. Part of the Witch Hunt. Remember the “insurance policy?” This is it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Oh my…
If I am not mistaken, all this implies that Rod Rosenstein is this generations Mark Felt…
https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/nyt-blockbuster-1-11-19-fbi-opened-inquiry-into-whether-trump-was-secretly-working-on-behalf-of-russia/82963
I did this write-up on the NYT article in the TPM forums section.
Mr. Mueller? Your move…
The person who wrote these tweets is the POTUS, the most powerful person in the world and almost single handedly capable of ending life as we know it. Just think about that…
This is Donald Trump’s Christine O’Donnell moment: I am not a witch.