James Comey says seashells case illustrates Trump’s ‘bottomless desire’ for revenge

Former FBI Director James Comey said the Trump administration’s pursuit of another indictment against him — this time over an Instagram photo of seashells — reflects the president’s fixation on going after his critics.

Former FBI Director James Comey said Monday that the Trump administration’s pursuit of another indictment against him — this time over an Instagram photo of seashells — reflects the president’s fixation on going after his critics.

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“Donald Trump has a bottomless desire to gain revenge against those who criticized him,” Comey said in his first post-indictment interview with Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW.

He said his family had gotten use to the consequences of his Trump criticism, with his daughter being fired as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and his son-in-law resigning as a prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia.