Comey: Trump attacking the FBI hurts Americans’ safety

Former FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that President Trump’s attacks on the FBI are making Americans less safe.

Comey said in an interview with The Associated Press that Trump was undermining public confidence in institutions like the FBI and preventing the agency from being able to do its job.

{mosads}“To the extent there’s been a marginal decrease in their credibility at that doorway, in that courtroom and in thousands of other ways, their effectiveness is hit. So it’s hard,” Comey told the news service.

“You’re not going to be able to see it, but logic tells me that it’s there, which is why it’s so important that we knock it off as a political culture,” he continued.

Trump, who fired Comey last May, has repeatedly attacked the FBI in recent months.

He tweeted last year that the bureau’s reputation was “in tatters — worst in history” and has also lashed out at former FBI officials like Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, whom Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired earlier this year.

Comey has been critical of Trump both in his new book and during his book tour, calling the president “morally unfit” to lead the country.