Dem Congressman Jim Himes: People Who Besmirch Mueller and Comey ‘Will Rot in Hell’
So tell us how you really feel, Jim?
During an appearance on CNN this morning, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) lashed out at President Donald Trump and other conservatives who have been highly critical of both former FBI Director James Comey and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And he used some very strong language to get his point across.
After host Kate Bolduan noted that Republicans are using sound bites from Democrats criticizing Comey to hit back at the ex-FBI chief during his book tour, Himes claimed that “reality matters when you talk about the integrity of the FBI.”
“Lots of people, Democrats, lawyers, judges, were very concerned by Comey’s breaking of protocol and publicly discussing the Hillary Clinton,” Himes stated. “Remember it was the Hillary Clinton investigation that he discussed while there was an investigation of Donald Trump.”
Then the Connecticut lawmaker unloaded.
“So, we should have a conversation and I think Jim Comey is reflective of whether he made the right thing,” he declared. “The idea this man is dishonest, and, remember this is all part and parcel of the attempt that the White House is making to besmirch Robert Mueller, a decorated war hero. People will rot in hell for besmirching the reputation of these two men.”
Bolduan responded that there is no love lost between Trump and Comey before asking Himes why this was making him so angry.
“You know why?” Himes exclaimed. “Here in Washington, you get to have a fight about things like whether Jim Comey should have talked about the Hillary Clinton investigation. That upset a lot of Democrats. It might have cost Hillary Clinton the election. Who knows?”
He continued, “You do not get to take men like Bob Mueller and Jim Comey who have done nothing but try to serve this country and the most extraordinary circumstances and using the apparatus of the White House, most powerful office in the land, and the Republican, the Republican National Committee, the party of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln to trash the integrity of a good man. That’s when you step over.”
The Connecticut Democrat went on to say that when the White House uses the GOP to go after the integrity of “two good men, this country has gone over a cliff.”
Watch the clip above, via CNN.
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