--- title: James Comey Trolls President Trump With Bible Verse description: Former FBI Director James Comey has some thoughts about Michael Flynn's guilty plea. canonical: https://time.com/5045331/james-comey-donald-trump-michael-flynn-bible/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-01T17:32:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:25:26.797Z article:section: Politics og:title: James Comey Is Trolling President Trump With Bible Verse og:description: "Let justice roll down like waters" og:url: https://time.com/5045331/james-comey-donald-trump-michael-flynn-bible/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0870837e908c84be/6988d464ab6d771e766aed3c/gettyimages-694398560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3300 og:image:height: 1856 og:image:alt: fbi-james-comey-shirts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: James Comey Is Trolling President Trump With Bible Verse twitter:description: "Let justice roll down like waters" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0870837e908c84be/6988d464ab6d771e766aed3c/gettyimages-694398560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters.' 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Former FBI Director, James Comey appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Office Building on Thursday June 08, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photograph by Matt McClain—Getty/The Washington Post  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 1, 2017 5:32 PM UTC Former FBI Director James Comey apparently has some thoughts about Michael Flynn’s [guilty plea](http://time.com/5044709/michael-flynn-charged/). Friday morning, as the former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, Comey posted an Instagram photo of babbling water with the caption, “‘But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream’ Amos 5:24.” Comey’s post, of course, didn’t explicitly reference Flynn or Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which has so far left [four people](http://time.com/5044879/donald-trump-aides-charged-investigation/) connected to President Trump charged with crimes. But it certainly seems like Comey, who was [fired as FBI director](http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/) in May, is trying to make a point to Trump. Comey was FBI director until early May, when Trump dismissed him amid a still-ongoing investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Michael Flynn, a former top aide to Trump, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI in connection with that investigation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5045331/james-comey-donald-trump-michael-flynn-bible/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5045331/james-comey-donald-trump-michael-flynn-bible/"},"headline":"'Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters.' 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