Tag: James B. Comey

James B. Comey tweeted about freedom of the press — minutes after Trump attacked CNN

The following article by Justine Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website November 26, 2017:

President Trump and former FBI director James B. Comey. (Evan Vucci, left, and Susan Walsh/AP)

Former FBI director James B. Comey’s latest tweet was a defense of the press — a quote from Thomas Jefferson’s Jan. 28, 1786, letter from Paris to physician James Currie.

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost,” Comey tweeted Saturday evening along with a picture of the Capitol.

Lifting a quote from a 200-year-old letter that Jefferson had written to the doctor who treated Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson, his daughter, and tweeting it may seem random and innocuous on the surface, but its timing suggests otherwise. Continue reading “James B. Comey tweeted about freedom of the press — minutes after Trump attacked CNN”

James B. Comey, called a ‘liar’ and ‘leaker’ by Trump, tweets a quote about truth and justice

The following article by Kristine Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website November 12, 2017:

Former FBI director James B. Comey has been somewhat active on Twitter over the past month, mostly tweeting nature photos and avoiding anything blatantly political.

In one of his latest tweets, he quoted a sermon from the late English Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon about the difference between a truth and a lie: “If you want truth to go around the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go around the world, it will fly; it is light as a feather and a breath will carry it.” Continue reading “James B. Comey, called a ‘liar’ and ‘leaker’ by Trump, tweets a quote about truth and justice”