Donald Trump suggested giving him a "lost time" because of "the injustice" of which he was treated by the FBI and his investigations.
"IG's disastrous report on James Comey shows with the utmost strength how unfairly I have been treated, as well as the tens of millions of exceptional people who support me," Trump said. tweeted Friday morning.
"Our rights and freedoms have been illegally removed by this dishonest fool. Should we be making our time stolen?
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The president mentioned having served several times more than the eight-year legal sentence, joking in April that he could stay at the White House "for at least 10 or 14 years". The 22nd amendment to the US Constitution prevents presidents from serving more than two years. terms.
He continued: "The fact that James Comey has not been sued for his absolutely horrendous acts shows how fair and reasonable Attorney General Bill Barr is. So many people and experts I've seen and read would have followed a totally different course. Comey was lucky! "
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Robert Mueller is the special advocate responsible for overseeing the investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 elections and on the risk of obstruction of justice by the president.
Mr. Mueller has a virgin reputation in Washington, where he was previously responsible for the FBI.
Throughout his investigation, he and his team have notoriously notified what they know and where their investigation has culminated.
REUTERS
2/12
Former FBI director James Comey was the catalyst that led to the appointment of special advocate Robert Mueller.
Mr Comey was fired by the president after Mr Trump asked him to abandon his own investigation of Russia. Mr. Trump has long claimed that the investigation was a "witch hunt".
AFP / Getty Images
3/12
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had authority over the Special Attorney's investigation for much of his two years of activity.
Mr. Rosenstein was found with this responsibility after the Attorney General of the day, Jeff Sessions, recused himself from this oversight.
AP
4/12
The decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to withdraw from control of the investigation led by the special advocate could have cost him his job in the end.
Mr. Sessions resigned last year after resisting a controversial relationship with Donald Trump, who had criticized the Attorney General for taking a step back.
Mr. Sessions relinquished oversight, citing long-standing rules of the Department of Justice for not being involved in investigations overseeing campaigns owned by independent officials.
AP
5/12
Attorney General William Barr is currently responsible for overseeing the investigation conducted by the special advocate.
Mr. Barr's office will be the first to receive the Mueller report once it is completed. His office will then determine which part or version of the report is to be submitted to Congress and also made public.
EPA
6/12
Michal Cohn is the former personal advocate of the president. He has participated in the investigations as part of a plea concerning financial crimes and campaign financing for which he pleaded guilty.
Among these crimes, Cohen admitted to having facilitated payments of 130,000 US dollars to adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, during the 2016 campaign. Cohen said he did it under the direction of M Trump.
Cohen also admitted to having maintained contacts with Russian officials about a potential Trump real estate project in Moscow for months longer than Mr Trump and others had admitted. Talks continued until 2016 during the campaign, he said.
AP
7/12
Stormy Daniels claimed that she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, shortly after Melania Trump gave birth to Baron Trump.
The charge is particularly important because of the payment of $ 130,000 of silence money she received to keep quiet about the case during the 2016 campaign.
AP
8/12
Paul Manafort was the former campaign chairman of Donald Trump.
Manafort has been indicted alongside Rick Gates for a multitude of financial crimes and has been convicted several times by a Virginia court. He then pleaded guilty to separate charges in a Washington court.
Manafort was sentenced to only 7.5 years in prison for his crimes, despite the recommendations of the special advocate's office in favor of a much harsher sentence.
AP
9/12
George Papadopoulos was one of the first individuals associated with the Trump campaign to be accused by the Mueller probe. He was finally sentenced to 14 days in prison for lying to investigators about contacts with Russian officials.
AP
10/12
Roger Stone is a well known political repairman, who has made a name for some dirty tactics.
He was indicted by the Mueller probe earlier this year and would have already learned that WikiLeaks planned to release stolen emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016.
Getty Images
11/12
Rick Gates has been indicted alongside former Trump campaign president Paul Manafort for various crimes. Gates, who worked alongside Manafort for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party. Both were charged with conspiracy and financial crimes. Gates pleaded guilty.
AP
12/12
Former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, was one of the first victims of the Russian scandal. He was forced to leave his post at the White House a few weeks after Donald Trump took office.
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to "deliberately" making fraudulent statements about his contacts with Russian officials, including the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Flynn then lied to Vice President Mike Pence about this contact.
REUTERS
1/12
Robert Mueller is the special advocate responsible for overseeing the investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 elections and on the risk of obstruction of justice by the president.
Mr. Mueller has a virgin reputation in Washington, where he was previously responsible for the FBI.
Throughout his investigation, he and his team have notoriously notified what they know and where their investigation has culminated.
REUTERS
2/12
Former FBI director James Comey was the catalyst that led to the appointment of special advocate Robert Mueller.
Mr Comey was fired by the president after Mr Trump asked him to abandon his own investigation of Russia. Mr. Trump has long claimed that the investigation was a "witch hunt".
AFP / Getty Images
3/12
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had authority over the Special Attorney's investigation for much of his two years of activity.
Mr. Rosenstein was found with this responsibility after the Attorney General of the day, Jeff Sessions, recused himself from this oversight.
AP
4/12
The decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to withdraw from control of the investigation led by the special advocate could have cost him his job in the end.
Mr. Sessions resigned last year after resisting a controversial relationship with Donald Trump, who had criticized the Attorney General for taking a step back.
Mr. Sessions relinquished oversight, citing long-standing rules of the Department of Justice for not being involved in investigations overseeing campaigns owned by independent officials.
AP
5/12
Attorney General William Barr is currently responsible for overseeing the investigation conducted by the special advocate.
Mr. Barr's office will be the first to receive the Mueller report once it is completed. His office will then determine which part or version of the report is to be submitted to Congress and also made public.
EPA
6/12
Michal Cohn is the former personal advocate of the president. He has participated in the investigations as part of a plea concerning financial crimes and campaign financing for which he pleaded guilty.
Among these crimes, Cohen admitted to having facilitated payments of 130,000 US dollars to adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, during the 2016 campaign. Cohen said he did it under the direction of M Trump.
Cohen also admitted to having maintained contacts with Russian officials about a potential Trump real estate project in Moscow for months longer than Mr Trump and others had admitted. Talks continued until 2016 during the campaign, he said.
AP
7/12
Stormy Daniels claimed that she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, shortly after Melania Trump gave birth to Baron Trump.
The charge is particularly important because of the payment of $ 130,000 of silence money she received to keep quiet about the case during the 2016 campaign.
AP
8/12
Paul Manafort was the former campaign chairman of Donald Trump.
Manafort has been indicted alongside Rick Gates for a multitude of financial crimes and has been convicted several times by a Virginia court. He then pleaded guilty to separate charges in a Washington court.
Manafort was sentenced to only 7.5 years in prison for his crimes, despite the recommendations of the special advocate's office in favor of a much harsher sentence.
AP
9/12
George Papadopoulos was one of the first individuals associated with the Trump campaign to be accused by the Mueller probe. He was finally sentenced to 14 days in prison for lying to investigators about contacts with Russian officials.
AP
10/12
Roger Stone is a well known political repairman, who has made a name for some dirty tactics.
He was indicted by the Mueller probe earlier this year and would have already learned that WikiLeaks planned to release stolen emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016.
Getty Images
11/12
Rick Gates has been indicted alongside former Trump campaign president Paul Manafort for various crimes. Gates, who worked alongside Manafort for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party. Both were charged with conspiracy and financial crimes. Gates pleaded guilty.
AP
12/12
Former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, was one of the first victims of the Russian scandal. He was forced to leave his post at the White House a few weeks after Donald Trump took office.
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to "deliberately" making fraudulent statements about his contacts with Russian officials, including the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Flynn then lied to Vice President Mike Pence about this contact.
REUTERS
The Inspector General of the Justice Department released a report on Thursday that former FBI director James Comey had violated the agency's policies by keeping and disclosing a series of memos regarding Registration of meetings with Mr. Trump in early 2017. The IG found no evidence that Comey or his lawyers disclosed the classified information contained in the memos to members of the media. "
The report focuses on seven memos that Mr. Comey wrote between January and April 2017 about conversations with newly elected President Trump, whom he found confusing or unusual, including a presentation of the Trump Tower on the president's ties with Moscow, and a dinner at the request of Mr. Trump. Mr. Comey for "fidelity".
There was also a meeting at which Mr. Comey said that Mr. Trump had asked him to abandon an investigation into Michael Flynn, his former national security advisor. Flynn later pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and awaiting his sentence.
Mr Trump fired Mr Comey in May 2017. Robert Mueller's investigation into Mr Trump's ties with Russia started shortly thereafter.
This report is the second to criticize the actions of Mr. Comey during his tenure as Director, following a complaint by a different Inspector General about the decisions he made during a thorough investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private messaging server. The investigation and leak of Ms. Clinton's personal e-mails in October 2016 allegedly contributed to her defeat by Trump.