CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Drops Blizzard of Receipts on Trump After Comey Filing
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins dropped a blizzard of receipts on President Donald Trump after a filing by former FBI Director James Comey’s attorneys seeking the dismissal of criminal charges.
After the Comey indictment first dropped, many experts observed that Trump, who continued to rail against Comey uncontrollably, could be helping Comey build a case for malicious prosecution.
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins opened her show with videos and a flurry of other receipts supporting Comey’s motion that asserted, among other things, that the case amounts to vindictive prosecution:
KAITLAN COLLINS: Tonight, James Comey is hitting back at the Trump administration’s criminal case against him. And the former FBI Director’s biggest weapon appears to be the President’s own words.
Comey’s lawyers included a 60-page attachment in their legal filing today to get this case tossed. It’s a list of all of these social media posts that you see right here, on your screen. Evidence, according to Comey’s team that the President has a personal vendetta against him.
The President, of course, hasn’t limited his comments on the FBI director, just to social media.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: What James Comey did was illegal.
And in the meantime, Comey and all these guys are walking around.
Where’s Comey? Why — where is Comey?
In the meantime, Comey walks around making book deals.
Why didn’t Mueller investigate Comey?
Just think about Comey and these characters.
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TRUMP: Think about Comey and the gang.
(CHEERING)
TRUMP: Drain the swamp.
(CHEERING)
TRUMP: Take Comey. Everybody hated Comey.
Comey lies and leaks. He’s a liar and he’s a leaker.
Comey is a liar and a leaker.
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COLLINS: Now, James Comey has pleaded not guilty to these two counts of lying to Congress and obstruction that have been made against him.
The specifics of those charges are not addressed in today’s motion. And instead, before they even get to that point, Comey is asking the judge to throw this case out, arguing, his attorneys say, that the former FBI Director was singled out because he has publicly criticized the President.
His lawyers are arguing this, saying, quote, “Objective evidence establishes that President Trump directed the prosecution of Mr. Comey in retaliation for Mr. Comey’s public criticisms and to punish Mr. Comey because of personal spite.”
Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
