Former FBI Director James Comey ripped into Bill Barr Wednesday as the attorney general testified before Congress.
'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 an op/ed published in the New York Times when referencing Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
'Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites,' Comey continued.
Rosenstein resigned at the end of April, and will take effect May 11. He was the acting attorney general when he named Mueller to head the Russia probe.
Comey said it takes people with character, like former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who 'resigned over principle,' to avoid the damages President Donald Trump causes.
Former FBI Director James Comey wrote in an op/ed Wednesday that Attorney General Bill Barr and his deputy Rod Rosenstein don't have the 'inner strength' to survive President Donald Trump, and claimed he would therefore continue to compromise himself
Trump fired Comey in May 2017, and in the article he claimed that the president 'eats your soul in small bites'
Trump fired Comey in May 2017, right in the midst of the then-FBI director's investigation into whether the president's advisers colluded with the Russian government to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential elections.
The abrupt firing led to increased calls from Democrats for a special counsel to lead the Russia probe, which happened a few days later when Robert Mueller was appointed.
Comey, who has been a vocal critic of Trump since his firing, used the article to answer questions he said many asked him after the Russia report was made public.
'People have been asking me hard questions. What happened to the leaders in the Trump administration, especially the attorney general, Bill Barr.' Comey wrote. 'How could Mr. Barr, a bright and accomplished lawyer, start channeling the president in using words like "no collusion" and F.B.I. "spying"? And downplaying acts of obstruction of justice as products of the president's being "frustrated and angry?"'
He said that 'amoral
