Although counterterrorism remains the FBI’s top priority, public corruption isn’t far behind, FBI Director James Comey said during a visit with local law enforcement in Baltimore.
WBALTV.com reports that Comey addressed concerns among officials that public corruption remains a problem.
“Public corruption has long been one of the FBI’s top priorities, one of the things we do well. I wish it was work we didn’t have to do, but we do it all over the country,” Comey said.
An elected official hasn’t drawn federal attention four four years, WBALTV reports, citing Prince George’s County state Sen. Ulysses Currie and Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, both of whom were indicted in 2010.
“It tends to run in waves and cycles,” Comey said of corruption. “As I tell folks when I am in different communities that have seen prominent cases recently, everybody will have their turn at some point just given the nature of human beings.”
