House Republicans are mulling whether to issue a subpoena to compel former FBI Director James Comey to testify on Capitol Hill about the bureau’s actions before the 2016 election.
A Republican House Judiciary Committee aide said the committee invited Comey to come in for a closed-door transcribed interview but Comey declined the invitation. Republicans are now prepared to issue a subpoena to compel his appearance, the aide told Fox News.
Comey’s lawyer, David Kelley, had sent a letter to the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees this week refusing a closed door deposition but saying the former director was open to public testimony.
“Mr. Comey respectfully declines your request for a private interview,” Kelley said in the letter. “He would, however, welcome the opportunity to testify at a public hearing.” Comey testified in public last year before Congress after he was fired by President Trump. Since then, the former FBI director has written a book and become an outspoken critic of the president.
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04.30.2025