--- title: Former FBI Chief James Comey Fires Back at Trump Tweets description: Former FBI Chief James Comey promised to tell his story after President Trump tweeted that he knew about lies and leaks in the department. canonical: https://time.com/5204370/james-comey-donald-trump-twitter/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-17T18:33:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:41:00.882Z article:section: Politics og:title: Comey Responds After Trump Says He Knew About FBI Corruption og:description: 'The American people will hear my story very soon' og:url: https://time.com/5204370/james-comey-donald-trump-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3af2712eb237bee1/69892b37656a3f4f98bd3e6e/james-comey.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5537 og:image:height: 3115 og:image:alt: James Comey Before Senate Intelligence Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Comey Responds After Trump Says He Knew About FBI Corruption twitter:description: 'The American people will hear my story very soon' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3af2712eb237bee1/69892b37656a3f4f98bd3e6e/james-comey.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # James Comey to President Trump: 'The American People Will Hear My Story Very Soon' > Sponsored content. 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James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, 2017.Mark Reinstein—Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Mar 17, 2018 6:33 PM UTC Former FBI Director James Comey isn’t done talking about his dealings with President Donald Trump, according to a tweet posted Saturday. Trump on Saturday morning suggested that Comey was aware of unsavory or illegal activity within the FBI. He first tweeted that, “As the House Intelligence Committee has concluded, there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump Campaign. As many are now finding out, however, there was tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels of the FBI, Justice & State,” before adding in a second tweet that, “Comey knew it all, and much more!” Comey responded in a separate tweet just a few minutes later. “Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon,” he wrote. “And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/975057131136274432) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/975062797162811394) > [](https://twitter.com/Comey/status/975065073575219200) The spat comes after the dismissal of former FBI Deputy Director [Andrew McCabe](http://time.com/5204337/andrew-mccabe-kept-memos-on-interactions-with-president-trump-report/?xid=homepage), who on Friday was [fired by attorney general Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/5204080/andrew-mcccabe-fired-fbi-donald-trump/) two days shy of of his retirement. McCabe, who was allegedly fired for authorizing leaks about the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails and misleading internal investigators, has long been criticized by Trump for his handling of the investigation and for his personal ties to Clinton. 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