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James Comey

James Comey is a lawyer and author who was director of the FBI from September 2013 until President Donald Trump removed him in May 2017. He was earlier U.S. deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush and U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Since leaving government he has written the memoir A Higher Loyalty, the book Saving Justice and a series of legal thrillers, and he publishes a weekly newsletter on Substack.

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DI has documented statements by James Comey on Criminal Justice Policy and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by James Comey

James Comey

Role at the time: Former FBI director and the defendant, in a video on his Substack newsletter

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Statement summary

In a video posted after the charges were made public, Comey says nothing has changed for him, that he is still innocent, that he is not afraid of the people bringing the case and that he still believes in the independent federal judiciary.

“Nothing's changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary”
Open source (opens in a new tab)NBC News: James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration · NBC News
Why we used this label

The case concerns the Justice Department's new charges accusing Comey of causing national defense information to be disclosed to a reporter in 2016. Comey says he is still innocent, which denies the accusation.

Read statementDOJ charges James Comey with disclosing national defense information in 2016; Comey says he is innocent

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