Trump supporters hit back at Comey
Trump supporters have claimed that James Comey, the sacked FBI director, has a “God complex” and is politically biased after he declared the president “morally unfit” for office. Donald Trump’s allies criticised Mr Comey after his interview with ABC News led to a string of damaging headlines.
SUPPORTERS of the Trump White House have claimed sacked FBI director James Comey has a “God complex” and is politically biased after he declared the president “morally unfit” for office.
Donald Trump’s allies took to the airwaves to criticise Mr Comey after his prime-time interview with ABC News led to a string of damaging headlines.
The interview, timed to coincide with Mr Comey’s new book, contained few new revelations but was packed with his damning opinions of the US president.
Kellyanne Conway, a counsellor to Mr Trump, claimed Mr Comey was pushing a “revisionist version of history” and had sunk into the “gutter” by mocking the president’s physical appearance.
Jason Miller, Mr Trump’s former campaign spokesman, said Mr Comey “has a God complex” and thinks “he’s the only one who can decide when things are right”.
Mr Trump himself, reacted by tweeting that the former FBI director was “disgruntled”.
The backlash came after Sunday’s airing of the interview with Mr Comey, the first since he was dismissed by Mr Trump in May 2017.
In it, Mr Comey said it was possible Mr Trump obstructed justice by urging him to drop an inquiry into Michael Flynn, Trump’s exnational security adviser.
Mr Comey said Mr Trump treats women like “meat”, is a serial liar and demands loyalty from those around him like a mob boss.
The former intelligence official fell short of backing impeachment, saying it was up to the American people to vote Mr Trump out.
Mr Comey said: “I don’t think he’s medically unfit to be president; I think he’s morally unfit to be president.
“A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they’re pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters, big and small, and insists the American people believe it – that person’s not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds.”