‘Piece of Sh*t!’ Geraldo Rivera Absolutely Nukes Comey for ‘Putting His Beefy Hand on the Scale of Justice’

Veteran journalist Geraldo Rivera went scorched earth on ex-FBI Director James Comey, calling him a “rat” and a “piece of sh*t” who screwed both President Donald Trump and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during his time leading the law enforcement agency.

Rivera shared his scathing take while on Dan Abrams’ SiriusXM show on Monday.

“I like John Durham — I like him a whole lot more than I like James Comey,” Rivera said. “James Comey is a piece of sh*t as far as I’m concerned. He gave the election — he stripped Hillary Clinton of her chance to win the election fair and square. His ego was so vast he couldn’t stop the temptation to go in and out of the last weeks of the 2016 election, putting his beefy hand on the scale of justice. I don’t like him at all.”

Abrams, who is the founder of Mediaite, pointed out Rivera’s disdain for Comey, considering it was for the “exact opposite reason” of why so many Republicans hate him.

“Many on the right are insisting Comey was out to get Trump,” Abrams said.

Rivera — who was a longtime friend of President Trump before they had a falling out — said he understood why many MAGA supporters hate Comey:

I was very close to the president in the beginning of his term, 2017, those first six months that Comey was there. He was a rat, he was really a total punk to the president. He was disrespectful, barely shook his hand, wouldn’t look him in the eye — because [Jeff] Sessions went belly up, the AG went belly up, the first pick, Comey stepped in there, big footing. He really made Trump’s life miserable.

The former Fox News star told Abrams he was not a fan of Comey recently being indicted, though.

“Why are we using our precious resources to settle grudges? It’s pathetic. Who benefits?” he asked.

Abrams said he agreed with Rivera on that front.

Rivera and Trump’s relationship went back to the 1970s, but the reporter said Trump made him “dump him” because Rivera did not agree with his claims that the 2020 election was rigged.

He expanded on the wrecked friendship last year in an interview with Molly Jong-Fast, saying he felt Trump was “unfit” to be president again — and that was why he was backing Democrat Kamala Harris.

“I feel a loss of a friendship, but it’s been over three years in the making, and I’ve decided that it’s not enough for me just to be against Trump. I want to be for somebody, and I think Kamala Harris would be a terrific president,” Rivera said.

You can watch Rivera discuss Comey in the clip above, and you can listen to The Dan Abrams Show on SiriusXM channel 124 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET during the week.