... James Brien Comey Jr. (/komi/; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017.[3] Comey was a registered Republican for most of his adult life but in 2016 he stated he was unaffiliated.[4] ...
In September 2013, Barack Obama appointed Comey to the position of Director of the FBI.[7] In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the FBI's investigation of the Hillary Clinton email controversy. His role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was highly controversial.[8]
Some analysts claim his decisions shortly before the 2016 election might have cost her the presidency,[9] particularly his decision to reopen the investigation into her emails less than two weeks before the election.[10][11][12] On June 14, 2018, DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz released his report on the FBI's handling of the Clinton email investigation, which criticized Comey's actions during the 2016 election.[13]
Donald Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017.[14][15][16] Statements from Trump and the White House suggested that Comey had been fired to ease the "pressure" Trump was under due to the Mueller investigation.[17][18][19] Later that month, Comey arranged for a friend to leak to the press a memo he had written after a February 14, 2017, private meeting with the president. It said Trump had asked him to end the FBI's investigation into Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor.
The dismissal, various memos detailing meetings with Trump, and Comey's subsequent Congressional testimony in June that same year were interpreted by some commentators as evidence of obstruction of justice on Trump's part and became part of the Mueller investigation.[20] Horowitz found that Comey violated FBI policy regarding the leaked memos; however, added that there's "no evidence that Comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the memos to members of the media".
The Department of Justice declined to prosecute Comey.[21] In August 2019, the Office of the Inspector General found Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of the memos violated DOJ policies, FBI policies, and his FBI employment agreement.[22] In December 2019, Horowitz released a report finding no political bias against Trump by Comey or other FBI officials.[23] ...
Wow, such a rich history to explore ...
Hey...I'm Protestant.
He's just another man.
#18 | Posted by BillJohnson
Hey, I'm one of the 5.5 billion people on Earth who don't really care at all about Jesus's status and certainly don't think he was God. But that doesn't mean that most of the 2.5 billion Christians get to try to have their way with everyone else, Catholics or Protestants.
If it weren't for Catholics, there wouldn't be Protestants, and what really has the Reformation accomplished? A few thousand more schisms? Yippee.