Trump accuses Comey of nearly starting a war

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : 'We had a great administration, though.' Halligan (pictured right) has been in Trump's orbit since 2021 and is now US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after her predecessor Erik Siebert was ousted last week FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 3, 2017, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: 'Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.' Trump was also asked if former CIA head John Brennan could be next, but merely said: 'We'll have to see what happens.' 'It is up to the Justice Department, but I can tell you, it is a group of people that was very disappointing.
52% : 'The balance of power is a bedrock principal of our democracy, and it relies upon accountability and a forthright presentation of facts from executive leadership to congressional oversight.
52% : 'The balance of power is a bedrock principal of our democracy, and it relies upon accountability and a forthright presentation of facts from executive leadership to congressional oversight.
52% : The case stems from a 2017 incident where Comey, who was FBI director at the time, shared seven memos documenting private conversations he had with Trump.
51% : After being let go, Comey authorized a close friend to share with a reporter the substance of an unclassified memo that documented an Oval Office request from Trump to shut down an FBI investigation into his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
44% : Lindsey Halligan (pictured), 36, a former beauty queen, is rapidly emerging as a presidential favorite and will now have the task of investigating the former FBI Director, who remains one of the people her boss loathes most in the world In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said: 'I fired him
36% : The following evening, Trump said in a Truth Social post aimed at the attorney general that department investigations had not resulted in prosecutions.
34% : He captioned the image with: 'Cool shell formation on my beach walk.' Trump has for years railed against both a finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia preferred him to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and the criminal investigation that tried to determine whether his campaign had conspired with Moscow to sway the outcome of that race.
33% : 'My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump.
27% : Prosecutors led by special counsel Robert Mueller did not establish that Trump or his associates criminally colluded with Russia, but they did find that Trump´s campaign had welcomed Moscow´s assistance.
26% : 'What they did was so terrible and so corrupt,' Trump said of those involved in the Russia probe.
26% : This report led to Robert Mueller being appointed special counsel to probe whether Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
25% : Critics call the continued prosecution of Comey by Halligan politicized and have pointed to her ties to defending Trump in past cases.
24% : Comey was fired months into Trump´s first administration and has long been a top target for Trump supporters seeking retribution.
21% : Comey himself has called Trump 'ego driven' and likened him to a mafia don.
20% : Trump and his supporters have long derided that investigation as a 'hoax' and a 'witch hunt' despite multiple government reviews showing Moscow interfered on behalf of the Republican´s campaign.
18% : Trump called Comey 'one of the worst human beings this country has ever been exposed to' after the FBI chief was indicted on charges of making false statements and one count of obstruction.
18% : Trump celebrated the indictment on Truth Social by calling Comey 'one of the worst human beings in this Country.' 'No one is above the law,' she wrote.
18% : Comey´s relationship with Trump was strained from the start and was exacerbated when Comey resisted a request by Trump at a private White House dinner to pledge personal loyalty to the president.
18% : Trump and his allies later branded Comey a leaker, with the president even accusing him of treason.
16% : The case accelerated toward an indictment just days after Donald Trump appointed a rising MAGA legal star to pursue his old foe because the case faced a crucial deadline.
16% : They tried to destroy our country.' Comey lashed out at Donald Trump , calling him 'a tyrant' and challenging him to a trial after the president's DOJ indicted him in an Instagram video.
13% : Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that James Comey nearly started a war by launching Crossfire Hurricane - the widescale and fruitless investigation into Russian collusion.
13% : He was singled out by name in a Saturday social media post in which Trump complained directly to Bondi that she had not yet brought charges against him.
13% : Trump fired Comey in May 2017, an action later investigated by Mueller for potential obstruction of justice.
10% : The New York Times reported that Halligan filed the criminal charges on direct orders from Trump and against the advice of subordinates and Erik Siebert, the man she replaced after Trump fired him over saying there was not enough evidence to indict.
8% : Trump has seized on the fact that Mueller´s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign and the Kremlin colluded, and that there were significant errors and omissions made by the FBI in wiretap applications, to claim vindication.
6% : Donald Trump (pictured right) asserted on Thursday that James Comey nearly started a war by launching Crossfire Hurricane - the widescale and fruitless investigation into Russian collusion Trump called Comey (pictured) 'one of the worst human beings this country has ever been exposed to' after the FBI chief was indicted on charges of making false statements and one count of obstruction Lindsey Halligan, 36, a former beauty queen, is rapidly emerging as a presidential favorite and will now have the task of investigating the former FBI Director, who remains one of the people her boss loathes most in the world.
6% : Donald Trump celebrated the indictment on Truth Social by calling Comey 'one of the worst human beings in this Country.' Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the charges in a post to social media Thursday evening.

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