As Washington buzzes over the impending wrap-up of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his probe into the Trump campaign and Russian interference, former FBI Director James Comey — whose firing formed the basis of Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation — said he has few hopes for the final outcome of the probe.
In an op-ed in the New York Times on Friday, Comey said he’s unconcerned with whether the report shows President Trump committed crimes or that he is “completely innocent of all wrong doing,” but rather, he hopes it will prove that the U.S. has a functioning justice system.
“I am rooting for a demonstration to the world — and maybe most of all to our president and his enablers — that the United States has a justice system that works because there are people who believe in it and rise above personal interest and tribalism,” he wrote. “That system may reach conclusions they like or it may not, but the apolitical administration of justice is the beating heart of this country. I hope we all get to see that.”
Read the full op-ed here.
