Comey warns of Trump's 'bottomless desire' for revenge amid prosecution for seashells picture

Source: The Independent

Monday 11 May 2026 22:51 EDT


Former FBI Director James Comey has warned of Donald Trump’s “bottomless desire” for revenge after he was indicted for a photo of seashells that the Department of Justice claims amounts to “making threats to harm” the president.

Comey, who became a fierce Trump critic after the president fired him during his first presidential term, spoke out Monday in his first interview since the latest indictment.

“Donald Trump has a bottomless desire to gain revenge against those who criticized him,” Comey told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace. “There's a cost to speaking up in this strange era, awful era we're in now,” the former FBI director said. But, he insisted that he won’t stop criticizing Trump “because I think that's required if you care about America.”

The Independent has reached out to the White House for comment.

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