Call me SAINT James! FBI's fired Comey uses his testimony to compare himself to medieval martyr St Thomas à Becket (and Trump to an angry king)
Fired FBI director James Comey referenced the murder of archbishop Thomas à Becket when questioned by Senator Angus King on Thursday
Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury, England's most senior cleric, after his friend King Henry II organized his elevation in 1162
The king thought he had an ally but Becket became his most bitter opponent, even going into exile as they feuded
By 1170 he was back at Canterbury, but opposing the king again and, furious, Henry said: 'Will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest?'
Four knights went to Canterbury and killed Becket - making him a martyr who the Pope ordained as saint two years later
By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 16:16 EDT, 8 June 2017 | Updated: 16:37 EDT, 8 June 2017
James Comey quoted an angry English medieval king in the course of his bombshell testimony on President Trump - and made the archbishop whose death he caused trend on Twitter.
In the course of an exchange with Maine senator Angus King, the ex-FBI boss was asked how he took it when the president said 'I hope or I suggest' - 'Do you take that as a directive?'
Comey replied: 'Yes. It rings in my ear as, well, will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest.'
Apparently prepared for precisely that analogy, King replied: 'I was just going to quote that, in 1179, December 27th, Henry II said, who will rid me of the meddlesome priest, and the next day, he was killed.
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