Fox News’ Howard Kurtz called out President Donald Trump for orchestrating the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on Special Report Thursday, arguing that “any hit of contact with a criminal case” by any other administration “would be a scandal on its own.”
Comey was indicted on two counts Thursday evening, just a few days after Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey and other longstanding enemies of his in a Truth Social post that read:
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.” Then we almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past. A Woke RINO, who was never going to do his job. That’s why two of the worst Dem Senators PUSHED him so hard. He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so. Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot. We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!! President DJT
After anchor Gillian Turner read Trump’s post aloud, Kurtz weighed in on the matter.
“Let’s not mince words here, I say this is a former Justice Department reporter: this was completely and totally orchestrated by President Trump. He says he’s leaving it to Justice, but you know, he very much out in the open-, remember he fired his own appointee as U.S. Attorney in that part of Virginia because he didn’t think there was enough evidence to bring this case, brought in a White House aide, his former defense lawyer, whose job was to get this done and apparently that has worked,” remarked Kurtz. “I think we’ve become inured to this, but in previous administrations any hint of contact with a criminal case would be a scandal on its own and so President Trump, by the way he pulled the strings, has gotten his way with this initial indictment.”
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