President Trump weighed in on the damning Department of Justice inspector general’s report released Thursday, saying its conclusions justify his decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey.
“The IG Report is a total disaster for Comey, his minions and sadly, the FBI. Comey will now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI. I did a great service to the people in firing him. Good Instincts. Christopher Wray will bring it proudly back!” the president tweeted Friday morning.
The IG Report is a total disaster for Comey, his minions and sadly, the FBI. Comey will now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI. I did a great service to the people in firing him. Good Instincts. Christopher Wray will bring it proudly back!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
As Katie outlined this morning, some of the key findings from the report include that bias was found at the FBI; an FBI agent and lawyer messaged each other about “stopping Trump” from becoming president; several other agents expressed political bias in favor of Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump on their government-issued devices, including one who embraced the “resistance”; and that Comey was “insubordinate.”
“FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who headed the Clinton & Russia investigations, texted to his lover Lisa Page, in the IG Report, that “we’ll stop” candidate Trump from becoming President. Doesn’t get any lower than that!” Trump also tweeted.
FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who headed the Clinton & Russia investigations, texted to his lover Lisa Page, in the IG Report, that “we’ll stop” candidate Trump from becoming President. Doesn’t get any lower than that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
The president then retweeted several clips from former congressman Jason Chaffetz appearing on Fox & Friends discussing the report.
.@jasoninthehouse: All of this started because Hillary Clinton set up her private server pic.twitter.com/rLzjDRxxxm
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018
.@jasoninthehouse: Anything Mueller is doing with his investigation is tainted by the anti-Trump FBI agents pic.twitter.com/Ddx1OcnXSU
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018
.@jasoninthehouse: The DOJ IG report is 562 pages of nothing but bias and animus pic.twitter.com/7IeXfmvo1M
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018
“This is one of the most damning rebukes of the FBI that I think we’ve ever seen.” -@jasoninthehouse pic.twitter.com/9DoTimji5e
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018
DOJ IG report finds that an FBI lawyer told a bureau employee “Viva le resistance” after President Trump was elected pic.twitter.com/udfJxanRw9
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018
IG REPORT BOMBSHELL: Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok texted his lover Lisa Page "we'll stop" Trump from becoming president pic.twitter.com/lFId8WMD5f
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) June 15, 2018