U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday followed up his cheering of the indictment of political opponent James Comey by branding the former FBI director a “dirty cop” and declaring him guilty.

Presidents have historically bent over backward — at least in public — to show clear separation between the White House and the Justice Department. Trump has smashed that precedent, making clear he intends to influence Comey’s case.

“He is a Dirty Cop, and always has been,” Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform.

“He just got unexpectedly caught” and “a very big price must be paid!” Trump wrote.

Comey was charged late Thursday with making false statements and obstruction of justice in connection with the probe he conducted into whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election that Tru

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