One of the key obstruction of justice allegations against President Trump is that he urged then-FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation into one-time National Security Director Michael Flynn.
Former FBI Director James Comey urged Democrats on Sunday to avoid embracing the “socialist left,” just days after he encouraged voters to support Democrats in the fall elections.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI Director James Comey is stepping outside his box. Comey, who had been registered as a Republican most of his life, urged “all who believe in this country’s values” to vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, CNN reports. In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Comey called the Republican-held Congress…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fired FBI director James Comey seems to be on a campaign to protect his legacy. On Saturday, he spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival, defending his controversial actions before the 2016 presidential election and likening President Donald Trump to a forest fire that must be “contained,” reports Scott Condon of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fired FBI Director James Comey, in Ireland to promote his book, “A Higher Loyalty,’ said in Dublin he was ashamed. “I am ashamed of the way my country has acted with respect of those children,” Comey said Friday in Dublin, according to the Irish Times. “I am disgusted, I am horrified, I…
Chris Truax is an appellate lawyer in California and sits on the legal advisory board for Republicans for the Rule of Law. He wrote this for InsideSources.com. By Chris Truax For The Last Vegas Sun There is no doubt that the inspector general’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation is going…
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. By Jonathan Turley For The Hill James Comey once described his position in the Clinton investigation as being the victim of a “500-year flood.” The point of the analogy was that he was unwittingly carried away by events rather than directly causing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney General Jeff Sessions hints that there could be more firings after the release of a Justice Department inspector general report on missteps during ex-FBI Director James Comey’s era, The Hill reports. Sessions told The Hill’s new morning show “Rising” that the IG report will better help the agency improve from past mistakes that…
