FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took aim at former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on Friday [4-13-18], calling him a ‘weak and untruthful slime ball’ days ahead of the publication of a new book by Mr. Comey that refers to the president as a ‘deeply flawed person and leader.’ In a pair of early morning posts on Twitter, the president used a series of derogatory adjectives and nouns to describe Mr. Comey while also accusing him of lying to Congress and leaking classified information, and called for him to be prosecuted…The dispute pits the president of the U.S. against a man who spent nearly two decades in U.S. law enforcement and worked in senior roles for three administrations, Republican and Democrat. Mr. Comey also made a series of controversial decisions around the 2016 election that upset members of both parties, though he remained well-liked within the FBI.”
-Michael C. Bender and Aruna Viswanatha, “Trump Replies to Barbs in James Comey’s New Book on Twitter,” The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2018 12:29 pm