President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani coined James Comey as a verb in his latest criticism of the former FBI director on Tuesday.
The original tweet was deleted, but reposted within an hour.
“Comey” (v) means to interfere illicitly with an election. For example “The Chicago Democrat machine comied the 1960 election.” This usage derived from Comey’s interference in 2016 election by failing to prosecute and then an unprecedented release of incriminating facts.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 18, 2018
Comey proven leaker of confidential FBI material directed the violation of General Flynn’s right to counsel and set up a false statement charge FBI didn’t believe was false. Comey interfered more in election than anyone. It has become a verb you shouldn’t “comey” an election.
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 18, 2018
The president and his team have been critical of Mr. Comey recently, as he returned to Capitol Hill to testify before two House committees.
Mr. Comey took a hard swing at Republicans and the president Monday after his second day of testimony, accusing Mr. Trump’s “mean tweets” of discrediting the FBI.
• Gabriella Muñoz can be reached at gmunoz@washingtontimes.com.
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