But the president says the former FBI director “got Lucky!” for avoiding prosecution.
President Donald Trump said the Department of Justice’s decision to not prosecute former FBI Director James Comey reflected well upon Attorney General Bill Barr, while also saying that Comey “got Lucky!”
“The fact that James Comey was not prosecuted for the absolutely horrible things he did just shows how fair and reasonable Attorney General Bill Barr is,” Trump tweeted. “So many people and experts that I have watched and read would have taken an entirely different course. Comey got Lucky!”
The DOJ’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Thursday that the department had decided not to prosecute Comey for retaining memos about interactions with the Trump White House and for disclosing one such memo to the media.
But it also delivered a scathing rebuke of Comey. The report sharply criticized him for violating FBI and DOJ policies on handling information about sensitive law enforcement investigations. However, it cleared Comey of allegations that he leaked classified information.
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President Trump said the DOJ’s decision to not prosecute former FBI Director James Comey reflected well upon Attorney General Bill Barr, while also saying that Comey “got Lucky!”https://t.co/O6gFWI8Vqw
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