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James Comey Slams the Republican Party After Second Interview on Capitol Hill

As former FBI Director James Comey left his second closed-door interview with Congressional lawmakers Monday, he made sure to take parting shots at the Republicans who called him there in the first place.

“Republicans used to understand that actions of a President matter, that words of a President matter and the truth matters. Where are those Republicans today?” Comey asked reporters after meeting for over five hours with members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees. “At some point, someone has to stand up, and in the face of fear of Fox News, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country and not slink away into retirement, but stand up and speak the truth.”

Comey said Trump “is calling a witness who is cooperating with his own Justice Department a rat — say that again to yourself at home, and remind yourself where we have ended up.” [Where indeed... ]

Comey also slammed Republicans for continuing to focus on probes like Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server and the motivations behind the dossier compiled by British spy Christopher Steele.

“Another day of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Steele dossier,” he told reporters on Monday, seeming exasperated that they were still focal points of investigation, despite recent developments emanating from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “This, while the President of the United States is lying about the FBI, attacking the FBI and attacking the rule of law in our country. How does that make any sense at all?”