Former FBI Director James Comey fired back at President Trump's Saturday evening attack on CNN with a quote from Thomas Jefferson vouching for the importance of a free press. “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” - Thomas Jefferson, Jan. 28, 1786 pic.twitter.com/LEvy1hHRPI — James Comey (@Comey) November 25, 2017The quote comes from a January 1786 letter to James Currie, a physician in Virginia with whom Jefferson discussed politics and philosophy. ADVERTISEMENTComey's tweet came after Trump blasted CNN and its international arm in a tweet, accusing the network of spreading "Fake" news and representing the U.S. "very poorly" across the globe. The outside world does not see the truth from them!" Comey was abruptly fired by Trump earlier this year.

Source: CNN November 25, 2017 23:37 UTC