He’s crazy ... outside the realm of normal
What sacked FBI boss said about Trump over Obama wiretap claim
JAMES Comey allegedly said Donald Trump was “crazy” and “outside the realm of normal” when he accused Barack Obama of wiretapping his phones.
Sources claimed the sacked FBI director was “utterly dismayed” at the President’s tweets in March.
Mr Comey publicly dismissed the billionaire’s bizarre allegations weeks later. But it is claimed his cards were marked when he requested more resources to investigate Mr Trump’s campaign team’s links to Russia.
The war of words escalated yesterday as Mr Trump’s explanation for the sacking began to unravel.
Aides had said Mr Comey was fired on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s advice.
However, more than 30 sources have claimed Mr Trump was demanding a reason to dismiss him.
And it has emerged Mr Rosenstein threatened to resign after being made the fall guy.
Mr Trump spoke out for the first time about the row yesterday. He claimed Mr Comey had told him he was not the subject of the FBI probe into Russian meddling in last year’s election. But in a personal attack on the axed bureau chief, he added: “He’s a showboat, he’s a grandstander. The FBI has been in turmoil.”
The blast came as acting FBI director Andrew McCabe rubbished Mr Trump’s claim “the rest of the FBI” lost confidence in Mr Comey.
Mr McCabe said he “held broad support... and still does to this day”.