Donald Trump is "morally unfit" to be president, former FBI chief James Comey asserted today as he claimed "it's possible" that Moscow may have information on him that could be used to compromise him.
Comey, who was unceremoniously fired by the US president in May last year, in a wide-ranging interview to ABC News also warned that if Trump ever tries to sack special counsel Robert Mueller, then it would be his "most serious attack yet on the rule of law" and causing "tremendous damage" to the country's institutions.
Mueller is investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any potential ties between Trump campaign and Russia. Trump has repeatedly called the investigation a witch hunt and denied any collusion.
The former Federal Bureau of Investigation director's blunt comments came as the 57-year-old lawyer kicked off a high-profile tour to promote the release of his new book, "A Higher Loyalty."
Comey also said, "I don't buy this stuff about him being mentally incompetent or early stages of dementia."
The former FBI director went on to say that a person "who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat, who lies, constantly, about matters big and small, and insists that the American people believe it -- that person is not fit to be president of the United States on moral grounds."
When asked "was President Trump obstructing justice?" Comey responded, "Possibly. It's certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice."
When Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last year, he said that he did not know if Trump obstructed justice, adding, "that's Bob Mueller's job to sort that out."
"I presume that Bob Mueller's team is investigating ... whether or not urging me to back the FBI off our investigation of his national security adviser and in firing me, President Trump was attempting to obstruct justice, which is a federal crime," Comey writes. "It's certainly possible."