Tuesday, April 17, 2018

James Comey's George Stephanopoulos Interview Confirms He Failed America in 2016

If Trump's conduct is to be publicly scrutinized, Comey isn't the man for the job.

When former FBI director James Comey sat down with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, the script was clear.

If Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury ultimately fizzled because readers couldn't separate fact from fiction, then surely Comey could deliver the goods, right?

In one hour of television, Comey and Stephanopoulos inadvertently reaffirmed what we already knew: In 2016, the entire American political system cracked, including - in crucial ways - the FBI. But before we get to Comey, let's pause for a moment and ponder the immense challenge that the Bureau faced.

In other words, when placed in the middle of an extraordinary, high-stakes investigation, James Comey applied the wrong legal standard, and he's still applying the wrong legal standard today.

While applying the actual law to the relevant facts may be politically difficult, that happened to be Comey's job.

In watching Comey speak, I can say this with high confidence: If Trump's conduct is to be scrutinized, James Comey is not the man for the job.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/james-comey-confirms-once-again-that-he-failed-america-in-2016/

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