President Trump mentioned Thursday he didn’t know if former FBI Director James Comey can be indicted after issuing a direct name for Legal professional Common Pam Bondi to take action over the weekend.
“I can’t tell you what’s going to happen because I don’t know yet. Very professional people, headed up by the attorney general, [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanche and [Interim attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia] Lindsey Halligan, who’s very smart. Good lawyer, very good lawyer. They’re going to make a determination,” Trump informed reporters within the Oval Workplace.
“I’m not making that determination. I think I’d be allowed to get involved if I want, but I don’t really choose to do so,” Trump mentioned.
Trump was requested about Comey’s potential indictment whereas holding a bilateral assembly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He bashed the previous FBI director whereas insisting he isn’t conscious of the subsequent strikes from the Justice Division.
“I can only say that Comey’s a bad person, he’s a sick person. I think he’s a sick guy actually, he did terrible things at the FBI,” Trump mentioned. “But I don’t know, I have no idea what’s going to happen.”
Comey is predicted to be indicted quickly, MSNBC first reported, after Halligan took over the case from Erik Siebert, the previous lawyer for the Japanese District of Virginia. Siebert stepped down slightly than carry prices towards Comey.
Halligan practiced insurance coverage regulation earlier than she joined Trump’s legal protection staff in 2022 and has by no means tried a federal case.
Trump directed a message to Bondi on Fact Social on Saturday, saying there’s a “great case” towards Comey, amongst others, and asking her to not delay.
“Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, ‘same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done,’” Trump posted.
The president has lengthy known as for prices towards Comey, a Trump critic, based mostly on his congressional testimony on Sept. 30, 2020 on the investigation of the 2016 Trump marketing campaign’s ties to Russia. The five-year statute of limitations on the testimony happens Tuesday.
