Trump bashes Comey ahead of book release
By Reuters
16 April 2018 |
1:47 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump hurled a new set of insults on James Comey on Sunday, challenging accusations the former FBI director makes in a tell-all book that is due for release this week, and insisting that he never pressed Comey to be loyal to him.
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