Trump says that Comey “ has placed a cloud on the whole nation ” with crossfire Hurricane, reacts to the act of indictment

EXCLUSIVE: President Trump reacted to the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, saying to Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he “placed a cloud on the whole nation” with the “Hurricane Crossfire” investigation.

Comey, Thursday evening, was charged by a large jury for two charges, allegedly false statements related to the jurisdiction of the legislative branch and the obstruction of the convention procedure.

A divided image of James Comey and Donald Trump. (Alex Kraus / Bloomberg via Getty Images and Photo by Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Comey accused for false alleged declarations, obstruction of the congress procedure

“What they did was so terrible and so corrupt,” Trump told Fox News Digital, referring to those involved in the Trump-Russia investigation. “We had excellent administration, however.”

Former assistant deputy director of counterattack Peter Strzok officially opened the Trump-Russia investigation, known within the office under the name of “Crossfire Hurricane” on July 31, 2016.

Trump dismissed in Comey in May 2017. Days later, the special lawyer Robert Mueller was appointed to resume the investigation into the Hurricane of Crossfire.

“He is a very corrupt person. He was absolutely a terrible man for what this country represented,” Trump told Fox News Digital.

Former FBI director James Comey was sworn in before testifying before an hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 American presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (Reuters / Jonathan Ernst)

“Comey has placed a cloud on the whole nation, and in fact, Russia, Russia and Russia made things very difficult,” said Trump. “It could have caused wars.”

Fox News Digital reported exclusively in July that Comey was under a criminal investigation by the FBI.

Fox News Digital also reported exclusively that former CIA director John Brennan was under a criminal investigation linked to the Trump – Russia investigation.

When asked if Brennan should also be charged, the president told Fox News Digital: “We will have to see what’s going on.”

“It is at the Ministry of Justice, but I can tell you that it is a group of people who were very disappointing,” said the president. “That makes Watergate looks like peanuts.”

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He added: “They tried to destroy our country.”

Comey’s case is processed by the American prosecutor’s office for the Virginia Oriental District.

The accusation act alleys that Comey hampered an investigation by the congress on the disclosure of sensitive information in violation of 18 USC 1505.

The accusation act also alleys that Comey made a false statement when he said that he had not authorized someone to the FBI to be an anonymous source. According to the indictment, this declaration was false.

Its indictment is set at 10 a.m. on October 9, in the Alexandria 600 courtroom before the district judge Michael S. Nachmanoff.

“No one is above the law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said X. “The accusation act today reflects the commitment of this Ministry of Justice to hold those who abuse positions of power responsible for having deceived the American people. We will follow the facts in this case.”

FBI director Kash Patel brought X to say: “Today, your FBI has taken another step in its promise of full responsibility.”

“For too long, the anterior corrupt management and their catalysts have armed federal police, once damaging the proud institutions and seriously eroding public confidence,” Patel wrote. “Each day, we continue the fight to recover this confidence, and under my direction, this FBI will face the problem of front. Nowhere is this politicization of the application of laws was more blatant than during the Canuular Russiagate, a shameful chapter in history, we continue to investigate and expose.

US prosecutor General Pam Bondi congratulated Tuesday guilt for Ryan Routh, who tried to assassinate Donald Trump, then a candidate. (Francis Chung / Politico / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Everyone, especially those who occupy positions of power, will be held to account – regardless of their perch.”

Meanwhile, after almost two years, the investigation by former special lawyer Robert Mueller, which ended in March 2019, gave no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials in the 2016 presidential election.

Shortly after, John Durham was appointed special advisor to investigate the origins of the “Crossfire Hurricane” probe.

The former FBI director, Robert Mueller, illustrated on May 29, 2019, is the last person to testify in the survey of the Chamber’s supervisory committee on Jeffrey Epstein. (SOMODEVILLA / GETTY Images)

Durham found that the FBI “did not act” on a “clear warning sign” that the office was “the objective” of an effort led by Clinton to “manipulate or influence the process of applying the law for political ends” before the 2016 presidential election.

“The aforementioned facts reflect a rather surprising and inexplicable failure to consider and adequately incorporate the Intelligence Plan in the FBI decision -making in the survey of crossfire hurricanes,” said Durham’s report.

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“Indeed, if the FBI had opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation as an assessment and, in turn, collected and analyzed concert data with the information of the Clinton Plan Intelligence, it is likely that the information received would have been examined, at least, with a more critical eye,” continued the report.

John Durham testifies before the Chamber’s Judicial Committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2023. (Screenshot / Housejudiary Committee)

Durham, in his report, said that the FBI “had not acted on what should have been – when combined with other indisputable facts – a clear warning sign that the FBI could then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the process of applying the law to political purposes during the 2016 presidential election.”

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In an Instagram article on Thursday, Comey admitted that he and his family have known for years that there are costs to resist President Donald Trump.

“We couldn’t imagine living differently,” he said. “We won’t live on your knees and you shouldn’t.”

David Spunt of Fox News contributed to this report.