This is UNPRECEDENTED for White House reporting.
President Trump decided to crash Fox & Friends…to let Americans hear a little piece of his mind.
This was pretty awesome.
“I beat Clinton dynasty. I beat Bush dynasty, and now, I guess, hopefully I’m in the process of beating very dishonest intelligence.”
WATCH: Steve Doocy’s full interview with President @realDonaldTrump on Fox and Friends – Part 1. pic.twitter.com/wJwiVUNh8x
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 15, 2018
Here’s the full interview:
I don’t even know what just happened… BUT I LOVE IT.
According to Fox News:
President Trump broke his silence on the scathing inspector general’s report with a vengeance Friday, first tweeting that the FBI boss he fired was the “worst” in the bureau’s history, then crashing “Fox & Friends” for an impromptu interview where he continued to blister the “scum on top” of the Obama-era bureau.
The president’s comments came a day after the release of the report, which was the result of an 18-month-long investigation by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Trump said the report, which found ex-FBI Director James Comey was insubordinate, showed Trump was justified in firing him.
“The IG Report is a total disaster for Comey, his minions and sadly, the FBI,” Trump tweeted early Friday. “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 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
Let’s hope so…
The FBI’s reputation is ENTIRELY tarnished.
In the interview with Fox’s Steve Doocy, Trump made it clear he considered Comey the leader of those “minions.”
“I think Comey was the ringleader of this whole den of thieves,” Trump said.
“If you took a poll at the FBI, [I would win],” Trump told Doocy. “I mean the real FBI, not the scum on top.”
Horowitz’s report faulted Comey for going over the heads of his superiors, including former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, by holding a press conference to announce the FBI’s decision not to press criminal charges against Clinton. At that July, 2016 news conference, Comey called the then-presidential candidate’s actions “extremely careless,” rather than “grossly negligent,” as drafted in the initial exoneration statement.
President Trump made an interesting point that I COMPLETELY agree with. The ENTIRE report outlines how truly egregious this all is… and then at the very end states that bias did not effect the FBI’s actions.
BULL.CRAP.
He likened this to Comey outlining Hillary’s crimes… and then letting her entirely off the hook at the end.
The IG report also focused on political bias within the bureau—specifically referring to FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who first came under scrutiny in December over a series of politically-charged, anti-Trump text messages they exchanged.
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 inspector general released new text messages between the two—suggesting that they would “stop” Trump from becoming president.
“[Trump’s not ever going to become president, right? Right!?” Page texted Strzok in August 2016.
“No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it,” Strzok responded.
Trump blasted Strzok early Friday in a separate tweet.
“FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who headed the Clinton & Russia investigations, texted 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 tweeted.
Now TELL ME there’s nothing to see here.
Yeah… this is huge.