Fired FBI director Comey slams GOP memo: 'That's it?'
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WASHINGTON (AP) â  Former FBI Director James Comey  scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump  saying it doesn't add up to much. "That's it?"  Comey  said on Twitter.
"Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee  destroyed trust with Intelligence Community  damaged relationship with FISA court  and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what?"  Comey  wrote  adding: "DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs."
The tweet was the latest in a series from  Comey  this week as Trump clashed with the FBI over the release of the GOP-written memo. On Thursday   Comey  stood up for the bureau's position against the document's disclosure and took aim at unnamed people  he  calls "weasels and liars."
"All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would  " Comey  tweeted Thursday night amid news that the FBI had lobbied the White House to block the release of a partisan memo on the Russia investigation.
On Friday morning   the president  continued  his  verbal attacks against the FBI  writing on Twitter  "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans â something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!"
On Twitter   Comey  urged  his  former colleagues to "take heart: American history shows that  in the long run  weasels and liars never hold the field  so long as good people stand up."
 He  concluded  "Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy" â a reference to the senator who  in the 1950s  conducted hearings aimed at rooting out Communists in the U.S. government.
Since  his  firing last May   Comey  has made  his  personal feelings about Trump known  testifying in detail about personal interactions  he  says troubled  him .
 He  also authorized a close friend to share with reporters details from a memo  he  produced documenting one such encounter â a February conversation in the Oval Office in which  he  said Trump encouraged  him  to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. That revelation prompted the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to run the Russia investigation.
 Comey  has also used language about "weasels" before  most notably in a September 2016 congressional hearing when  he  defended the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
"You can call us wrong  but don't call us weasels "  Comey  said. "We are not weasels. We are honest people and we did this in that way."
WASHINGTON (AP) â   [TGT] scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump  saying it doesn't add up to much. "That's it?"   [TGT] said on Twitter.
"Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee  destroyed trust with Intelligence Community  damaged relationship with FISA court  and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? [TGT] wrote  adding: "DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs."
The tweet was the latest in a series from  [TGT] this week as Trump clashed with the FBI over the release of the GOP-written memo. On Thursday    [TGT]   stood up for the bureau's position against the document's disclosure and took aim at unnamed people   [TGT]   calls "weasels and liars."
"All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would   [TGT] tweeted Thursday night amid news that the FBI had lobbied the White House to block the release of a partisan memo on the Russia investigation.
On Friday morning   the president  continued  his  verbal attacks against the FBI  writing on Twitter  "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans â something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!"
On Twitter    [TGT] urged   [TGT]   former colleagues to "take heart: American history shows that  in the long run  weasels and liars never hold the field  so long as good people stand up."
 He  concluded  "Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy" â a reference to the senator who  in the 1950s  conducted hearings aimed at rooting out Communists in the U.S. government.
Since  his  firing last May    [TGT] has made   [TGT]   personal feelings about Trump known  testifying in detail about personal interactions   [TGT]   says troubled   [TGT]  .
  [TGT]   also authorized a close friend to share with reporters details from a memo   [TGT]   produced documenting one such encounter â a February conversation in the Oval Office in which   [TGT]   said Trump encouraged   [TGT]   to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. That revelation prompted the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to run the Russia investigation.
  [TGT] has also used language about "weasels" before  most notably in a September 2016 congressional hearing when   [TGT]   defended the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
"You can call us wrong  but don't call us weasels  [TGT] said. "We are not weasels. We are honest people and we did this in that way."