Comey: Trump treats women like 'meat,' is 'morally unfit to be president'

James Comey.
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Former FBI Director James Comey, in a wide-ranging interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that aired Sunday night, accused President Trump of treating "women like they're pieces of meat" and lying "constantly about matters big and small and [insisting] the American people believe it."

He scoffed at people who believe Trump must be in the early stages of dementia, saying, "I don't think he's medically unfit to be president. I think he's morally unfit to be president." Comey also said the so-called "Steele dossier," compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, "is coming from a credible source, someone with a track record," and said it's entirely possible the Russian government has material that could be used to blackmail Trump.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.