Trump says Comey 'placed a cloud over the entire nation' with Crossfire Hurricane, reacts to indictment

UNIQUE President Trump reacted to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey telling Fox News Digital during an special interview that he placed a cloud over the entire nation with the bureau s Crossfire Hurricane probe Comey on Thursday evening was indicted by a grand jury on two counts alleged false statements within jurisdiction of the legislative branch and obstruction of congressional proceeding COMEY INDICTED FOR ALLEGED FALSE STATEMENTS OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING What they did was so terrible and so corrupt Trump communicated Fox News Digital referring to those involved in the Trump-Russia probe We had a great administration though Former Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok formally opened the Trump-Russia study known inside the bureau as Crossfire Hurricane on July Trump fired Comey in May Days later Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take over the Crossfire Hurricane probe He is a very corrupt person He was absolutely a terrible man for what this country stood for Trump recounted Fox News Digital Comey placed a cloud over the entire nation and really the Russia Russia Russia hoax made it very formidable Trump noted It could have caused wars Fox News Digital exclusively published in July that Comey was under criminal probe by the FBI Fox News Digital also exclusively announced that former CIA Director John Brennan is under criminal probe related to the Trump Russia probe When demanded whether Brennan should be charged as well the president stated Fox News Digital We ll have to see what happens It is up to the Justice Department but I can tell you it is a group of people that was very disappointing the president disclosed This makes Watergate look like peanuts SPECIFIC FBI LAUNCHES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF JOHN BRENNAN JAMES COMEY DOJ SOURCESHe added They tried to destroy our country Comey's scenario is being handled by the U S Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia The indictment alleges that Comey obstructed a congressional review into the disclosure of sensitive information in violation of USC The indictment also alleges Comey made a false declaration when he stated he did not authorize someone at the FBI to be an anonymous source According to the indictment that message was false His arraignment is set for a m on Oct in Alexandria Courtroom before District Juge Michael S Nachmanoff No one is above the law Attorney General Pam Bondi mentioned on X Nowadays s indictment reflects this Department of Justice s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people We will follow the facts in this scenario FBI Director Kash Patel took to X to say Currently your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability For far too long previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding society trust Patel wrote Every day we continue the fight to earn that trust back and under my leadership this FBI will confront the complication head-on Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose Everyone especially those in positions of power will be held to account no matter their perch Meanwhile after nearly two years former Special Counsel Robert Mueller s research which concluded in March yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian authorities during the presidential voting Shortly after John Durham was appointed as special counsel to investigate the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane probe Durham identified that the FBI failed to act on a clear warning sign that the bureau was the target of a Clinton-led effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes ahead of the presidential referendum The aforementioned facts reflect a rather startling and inexplicable failure to adequately consider and incorporate the Clinton Plan intelligence into the FBI s investigative decision-making in the Crossfire Hurricane study Durham s account states JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO INDICT FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESS Indeed had the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane scrutiny as an assessment and in turn gathered and analyzed records in concert with the information from the Clinton Plan intelligence it is likely that the information received would have been examined at a minimum with a more critical eye the record continued Durham in his statement disclosed the FBI failed to act on what should have been when combined with other incontrovertible facts a clear warning sign that the FBI might then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes during the presidential poll In an Instagram post on Thursday Comey acknowledged that he and his family have known for years that there are costs to standing up to President Donald Trump We couldn t imagine ourselves living any other way he noted We will not live on our knees and you shouldn t Fox News' David Spunt contributed to this document