Former FBI Director James Comey is back on the Hill for an encore, after a controversial appearance more than a week ago in which he told lawmakers seeking answers over the FBI's handling of the Trump-Russia collusion probe some version of "I don't know" at least 245 times.
Comey is set to testify behind closed doors again Monday morning, before members of the House oversight and judiciary committees.
The prior Dec. 7 session left lame-duck Republican lawmakers fuming as Comey repeatedly said "I don't remember," "I don't know" and "I don't recall" when grilled about investigations Republicans believed were aimed at hurting President Trump. The questioning covered the FBI's probe of Hillary Clinton's email server and how a counter-intelligence investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election morphed into an all-encompassing probe of Trump's inner circle, including the obtaining of FISA warrants used to spy on American citizens.
“Comey just thinks he’s always right, and … it doesn’t matter if everyone else concludes he did wrong,” a furious Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said after the initial session. “He knows better. So, that’s what it’s like to interview an amnesiac with incredible hubris.”
A transcript of the marathon interview was released on Dec. 8, demonstrating in black and white the fired FBI boss' lack of responsiveness and the tension between the former Republican and GOP lawmakers. Comey then gave a talk in New York in which he called the Trump presidency "an attack on our values," and beseeched Americans to "get off the couch" and vote Trump out of the White House in 2020.
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05.04.2025