Former FBI director James Comey said on social media Saturday that the truth “cannot be long hidden,” shortly after President Trump said he fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI.
Former FBI director James Comey said on social media Saturday that the truth “cannot be long hidden,” shortly after President Trump said he fired former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI.
“Beautiful Long Island Sound from Westport, CT,” Comey wrote in the caption of an Instagram post. “To paraphrase the Buddha — Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun; the moon; and the truth.”
The former FBI director, who Trump fired from his post in May, has taken to social media to react to developments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference.
Comey had reacted to Flynn’s guilty plea to lying to the FBI by posting a Bible verse about justice on Twitter and Instagram on Friday.
Trump tweeted earlier Saturday that he fired Flynn for lying to the FBI, a significant shift from his earlier explanation that Flynn was fired for lying to Vice President Mike Pence .
„I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies,“ Trump tweeted.
Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI and announced a plea deal with Mueller’s team. He faces up to five years in prison for the charge.
