2016 ELECTION/FBI/GOP/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, his White House staff and the Republican National Committee escalated their attacks on Monday [4-16-18] against the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who called Trump a ‘morally unfit’ leader in an interview. James Comey, who was fired by Trump last year amid an FBI investigation of possible ties between Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election and Trump’s 2016 campaign, made his comments in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, saying Trump may be vulnerable to blackmail by Russia. Comey has written a book to be released on Tuesday that also is highly critical of Trump. During the weekend the president had tweeted that Comey was a ‘slimeball,’ ‘a leaker & liar’ and a terrible FBI director. On Monday, he returned to Twitter to accuse Comey and ‘others’ of committing ‘many crimes.'”
-Reuters Staff, “Trump, Republicans intensify attack on ex-FBI director Comey,” Reuters, April 16, 2018 7:01 am