Former FBI Director James Comey weighed in Thursday afternoon on the criminal referral from the Justice Department’s Inspector General to the D.C. U.S. attorney’s office concerning former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s reported lying to federal investigators.
“Conflicted,” he responded to CNN’s Jake Tapper when asked how he felt hearing the news. “I like him very much as a person, but sometimes even good people do things they shouldn’t do.”
Comey added that he would be a likely participant in the proceedings if prosecutors decide to pursue criminal charges. “Given that the IG’s report reflects interactions that McCabe had with me and other senior executives, I could well be a witness.”
The referral is based on the findings that McCabe lied to either Comey or investigators four times about the disclosure of sensitive material to the press. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March after the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommended his dismissal upon receipt of that report.
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James Comey on news from IG’s report about Andrew McCabe: “Sometimes even good people do things they shouldn’t do” pic.twitter.com/dHUcf9IiOj
— Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) April 19, 2018
Like tossing the election for drump?
I’ve heard more than enough from Comey, thanks.
Comey needs to stop talking; he’s leaking like a sieve. I know he can say what he wants now, but he seems to be convinced of his own infallibility. Also, that comment implies that McCabe did do something wrong. Comey is no longer in a position to decide, so he should just let the investigation unfold. He should also have kept his mouth shut about Clinton, BOTH times, and he should have whipped his NYC agents into shape and taught them to keep their mouths shut, too. He really is coming off as a self-serving fool.
I would have thought that Comey was talking about himself but for the fact that he describes the actor as a good person.
Republicans can’t seem to get their heads around the idea that Democrats can deplore Comey’s firing and believe him over Trump on every contested question of fact while also acknowledging that he’s a self-promoting sanctimonious douche.