--- title: Doanld Trump Calls James Comes a Slime Ball in Twitter Rant description: President Donald Trump lashed out at James Comey on Friday – just as details from the fired FBI director's new book began to emerge. canonical: https://time.com/5239018/donald-trump-calls-james-comey-slime-ball-twitter/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-13T12:48:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:04.055Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Lashes Out at James Comey in Twitter Rant og:description: 'He is a weak and untruthful slime ball' og:url: https://time.com/5239018/donald-trump-calls-james-comey-slime-ball-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cc87e674b86be0a/69892d9386f68e7ea56e8e02/donald-trump-twitter-james-comey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Intelligence Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Lashes Out at James Comey in Twitter Rant twitter:description: 'He is a weak and untruthful slime ball' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cc87e674b86be0a/69892d9386f68e7ea56e8e02/donald-trump-twitter-james-comey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Attacks 'Slime Ball' James Comey as Details Emerge From Fired FBI Director's Book ## Video: Why President Trump's Firings Are Not All The Same [Watch (HLS stream): Why President Trump's Firings Are Not All The Same](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QQ934mGx.m3u8) (1:48)  _Published 2018-03-20. A guide to former Trump administration staffers._ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 13, 2018 12:48 PM UTC  Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC Thursday June 8, 2017. Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC Thursday June 8, 2017.Photo by Melina Mara—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 13, 2018 12:48 PM UTC President Donald Trump lashed out at [James Comey](http://time.com/5238726/james-comey-book-donald-trump-higher-loyalty/) on Friday – just as details from the fired FBI director’s new book began to emerge. In _A Higher Loyalty_, Comey likens Trump to a “mafia boss” who is [“unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/books/review/james-comey-a-higher-loyalty.html) In a pair of tweets Trump called Comey – who served under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama – a “slime ball” and a “proven leaker & liar.” “Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH,” Trump tweeted. Trump also brought up Comey’s handling of [2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s email](http://time.com/4843087/peter-w-smith-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-emails/) once again, adding that “it was \[his\] great honor to fire James Comey.” “He is a weak and untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst ‘botch jobs’ of history. It was my great honor to [fire James Comey](http://time.com/4778500/trump-james-comey-fired-poll/)!” Trump said over a pair of tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984763579210633216) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984767560494313472) _A Higher Loyalty,_ from Flatiron Books, comes out Tuesday. 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