Former President Trump went after James Comey on Friday after the former FBI director suggested prosecutors might have enough to convict Trump in his criminal case for hiding money.
“The worst FBI director in history, who I inherited from the Obama administration but fired almost immediately against ours, along with many other corrupt DOJ and FBI actors (the beginning of DRAIN THE SWAMP!), is out there LYING about the SCAM brought by [George] Soros supported [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,] and perpetuated by the highly confrontational, Democrat-appointed judge, Juan Merchan,” Trump said wrote Friday in Social Truth.
“If you want to see the real Comey story, read the Report published by [Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz,] this gives you all of the Comey Horrors, in great detail,” he continued. “If Comey had any respect for our Justice System, which is being DESTROYED before our eyes, he would be fighting the Crooked [President Biden] inspired witch hunts rather than spreading LIES!”
His comments came two days after Comey told NewsNation’s Dan Abrams that Trump’s case for silence was “much stronger” than he thought.
“I wasn’t sure if I would have [brought the case] when I read the indictment, but now that I’ve seen the case, I’m not sure – after investigating it – how they didn’t bring it,” Comey told Arbams. “They had a much stronger case than I realized.”
Comey, who was removed from his position at the FBI in 2017, said in the same interview that there is a good chance that Trump will be convicted in the case.
“There is an overwhelming chance of conviction, a significant but much smaller chance of a hung jury, and no chance of acquittal,” Comey said.
The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a secret payment his former lawyer Michael Cohen made to an adult film star before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair, which he denies .
The trial began to wrap up after 16 days of testimony, with both sides resting their case earlier this week. It will resume on Tuesday with closing statements and then proceed to jury deliberation.
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