Fired FBI director Comey: 'Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon'

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Former FBI director James Comey clapped back at President Trump Saturday in a fiery tweet that said the American people can judge for themselves who is honorable in government.

Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not. — James Comey (@Comey) March 17, 2018

The Fake News is beside themselves that McCabe was caught, called out and fired. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars was given to wife’s campaign by Crooked H friend, Terry M, who was also under investigation? How many lies? How many leaks? Comey knew it all, and much more! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018

Trump tweeted earlier Saturday that "the Fake News is beside themselves that McCabe was caught, called out and fired." The president added in Saturday's tweet, "Comey knew it all, and much more!"

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Friday that he fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe effective immediately — barely 48 hours before his retirement benefits would have set in after 21 years of service with the FBI.

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It appears that Comey's tweet was in reference to his memoir, A Higher Loyalty, which is expected to be published in April.

Comey was fired by Trump last May. The president initially cited Comey's handling of the probe into Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's emails. He later told NBC's Lester Holt that he was thinking of "this Russia thing."