“Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, ‘I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.’ Then acts so indignant. #draintheswamp,” Trump tweets. | AP Photo Trump slams Schumer for 'indignant' response to Comey firing

Hours after firing FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump scoffed Tuesday night at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s demands for an independent investigation into Russian interference into last year’s presidential election, recalling the lawmaker’s past criticisms of the former bureau head.

“Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, ‘I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.’ Then acts so indignant. #draintheswamp,” Trump wrote on Twitter late Tuesday night.


Schumer responded to Trump’s surprise firing of Comey, whose FBI is investigating not only Russian interference in the 2016 election but also possible connections between Trump associates and the Kremlin, with a press conference where he told reporters that without an independent prosecutor to lead the investigation, “every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a cover-up.” He said Trump had “badly shattered” Americans’ faith in the criminal justice system.

Schumer, like many Democrats, was critical of Comey’s actions relating to the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server during her tenure as secretary of state. The New York senator did indeed say in early November that he had lost confidence in the FBI director following his announcement that the bureau was investigating additional information related to the already-closed Clinton email investigation.

