Trump on Comey ‘leaks’: ‘Totally illegal? Very cowardly!’

President Trump early Sunday said former FBI Director James Comey’s “leaks” will be “far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible.”

“Totally illegal?” he asked in a tweet. “Very ‘cowardly!’”

I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2017

{mosads}The comments come after Comey in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee last week said he leaked notes of his conversations with the president to the media through a friend in the hopes it would lead to the appointment of a special prosecutor.

Comey said his decision was prompted by Trump’s suggestion, made on Twitter three days after his firing, that he may have secret recordings of their conversations — something the White House has neither confirmed nor denied. 

“My judgment was, I need to get that out into the public square,” Comey told the intelligence panel. “I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons. I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”

Comey, who was testifying under oath, said he is “sure” that special counsel Robert Mueller is now looking into whether Trump’s actions amounted to obstruction of justice.