CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Trump ‘May Be on to Something’ When He Calls Comey a ‘Showboat’

‘You have to do violence to the English language to call Jim Comey a showboat’

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Trump ‘May Be on to Something’ When He Calls Comey a ‘Showboat’ (Mediaite)

Days after he fired FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump slammed Comey as a “showboat.” On a Wednesday panel on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rear Adm. John Kirby (ret.) said he found that idea ludicrous.

“You have to do violence to the English language to call Jim Comey a showboat,” Kirby said. “He has been nothing but straight-laced.”

But two other panelists found Kirby’s statement laughable. Both Gloria Borger and Jeffrey Toobin chuckled, and expressed their disagreement.

“Jim Comey has shown a great thirst for the limelight for a public official during his career,” Toobin said.

Toobin even found some rare common ground with Trump — of whom he’s been a fierce critic.

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