Former FBI Director James Comey penned an op-ed in The New York Times saying President Trump's appointees sometimes make 'compromises' to survive their boss
Washington Former FBI Director James Comey penned an op-ed in The New York Times saying President Donald Trump's appointees sometimes make"compromises" to survive their boss.
In the piece published Wednesday, Comey wrote people had asked him"what happened" to people like Attorney General William Barr, whom Comey previously said deserved"the benefit of the doubt" ahead of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. The op-ed was published on the same day Barr was grilled during a Senate hearing about his handling of the Mueller report.
• CNN found 77 instances of lies and false assertions in Mueller's report. Trump told the greatest number• What Trump associates told the public vs. what they told Mueller"Accomplished people lacking inner strength can't resist the compromises necessary to survive Mr. Trump and that adds up to something they will never recover from," Comey wrote in the Times."It takes character like Mattis's to avoid the damage, because Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites.
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