President Donald Trump voiced his displeasure with former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, telling reporters that Comey was a “sick person” who had done “terrible things at the FBI.”

Trump’s remarks, made from the Oval Office alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, come just hours after news broke that Comey was likely to be indicted in the coming days in relation to his Capitol Hill testimony on his role in investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

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.@POTUS: “I can only say that Comey is a bad person. He’s a sick person… He did terrible things at the FBI, but I don’t know. I have no idea what’s going to happen.” pic.twitter.com/tpzsuwmKMy

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“Well, I can’t tell you what’s going to happen because I don’t know. They are very professional people, headed up by the Attorney General,” Trump said, referring to the prosecutors working on the case and mentioning several of those involved by name. “They’re going to make a determination, I’m not going to make that determination — I think I’d be allowed to get involved if I want, but I don’t really choose to do so.”

Pivoting to talk about Comey specifically, he added, “I can only say that Comey is a bad person. He’s a sick person, I think he’s a sick guy actually. He did terrible things at the FBI, and — but I don’t know. I have no idea what’s going to happen.”

News of a potential indictment was reported on Wednesday, and MSNBC investigative correspondent Carol Leonnig explained that the reason Justice Department officials were moving ahead was that the statute of limitations was about to run out on the alleged crimes they intended to use to charge him.

“They are arguing that Comey — there is evidence to suggest Comey lied to Congress in his testimony on the Hill in September of 2020,” Leonnig explained. “And for viewers out in the audience who may not be legally as nerdy as me and Ken, I’ll just say that there’s a statute of limitations to charge people with the charge of lying to Congress or perjury, and that’s five years. The five-year statute runs [out] this month.”