Washington DC, April 30 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at former FBI Director James Comey, calling him a "dirty cop" after he was charged over a social media post featuring the numbers "8647," which authorities allege amounted to a threat against the President.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said, "If anybody knows anything about crime, they know 86... It's a mob term for 'Kill Him'... You ever see the movies?... The mobster says to one of his wonderful associates, '86 him'... The mob uses that term when they want to kill somebody. They say, '86, that son of a gun'. I'm trying to keep the language nice and clear. They don't use that term, 'son of a gun'. They use another term..."

When asked if he believed his life wa...