Comey urges his successor in FBI to ‘stay the course’
FBI Director Chris Wray is facing the threat of impeachment over his handling of documents related to an investigation into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia. His predecessor, Jim Comey, had some advice for the Atlanta attorney.
"Just be you, just stay the course, do the right thing," Comey told Channel 2 political reporter Richard Elliot. "In the long sweep of things, the people calling you names and all this nonsense, they will be swept away."
Comey's interview came as part of a national tour promoting his book, A Higher Loyalty, which is deeply critical of Trump and seeks to explain his decision to reopen an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server weeks before the vote.
Pressed by Elliot whether he shared responsibility of the nation's divided political client, Comey said he's asked himself that question "a bunch of times." Said Comey:
"We were stuck in the middle of a bad situation that we would much rather not be any part of. I'd rather Hillary Clinton had never had a private email server. But in the middle of that terrible situation, we made the best judgments that we could. We weren't on anybody's team. We managed to anger everybody."
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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.
