| At the DoJ, Comey relentlessly pursued a banker for financial charges; when he couldn't find any criminality, he charged him with obstruction of justice "because of a single ambiguous email" (a conviction later overturned) |
09/01/2000 |
The Federalist |
| Despite knowing who leaked Valerie Plame's identity to a reporter, Comey tasked a special counsel to investigate the Bush Administration for years, eventually ensaring a non-leaker with a process charge |
09/26/2003 |
The Federalist |
| During the Valerie Plame leak investigation, Comey demanded AG Ashcroft recuse himself for conflict of interest; he instead chose the godfather of his daughter, Patrick Fitzgerald, to run the probe |
09/26/2003 |
The Wall Street Journal |
| As Bush's deputy AG, Comey schemed to become the AG himself when Ashcroft was hospitalized; he did so to stop an NSA counterterror program and set himself up for future political career |
03/01/2004 |
The Federalist |
| As deputy AG, Comey badly bungled the anthrax investigation, largely destroying the life of an innocent man (who later won a large settlement against the feds) |
03/01/2004 |
RealClearPolitics |
| After Comey assumed for himself the role of attorney general, he did not tell President Bush |
03/02/2004 |
The Federalist |
| Comey aggressively targeted Martha Stewart for insider trading; when he couldn't find wrongdoing, he charged her for “having misled people by denying having committed a crime with which she was not charged" |
07/16/2004 |
CATO Institute |
| As deputy AG, Comey used "bogus 'secret' information to entrap two lobbyists for the pro-Israel group" AIPAC; the case was later dropped, but not before two reputations were destroyed |
08/27/2004 |
The Wall Street Journal |
| During Comey's probe Valerie Plame probe, reporter Judith Miller was jailed for 85 days for refusing to divulge sources; she says crucial information was withheld from her |
06/27/2005 |
The Wall Street Journal |
| During a 2007 hearing into the firings of U.S. attorneys, Comey coordinated with Sen. Schumer and Preet Bharara to make a surprise appearance and attack Gonzales with a (disputed) account |
05/24/2007 |
The Federalist |
| After the NSA scandal exploded in 2013, Comey's FBI was exposed conducting its own data mining on innocent Americans; the agency retains that material for decades (even if no wrongdoing is found) |
06/30/2013 |
Bloomberg |
| The father of the radical Islamist who detonated a backpack bomb in New York City in 2016 alerted the FBI to his son's radicalization but the FBI let him go |
08/28/2013 |
NJ.com |
| Comey's FBI was warned about the Boston bomber but let him go |
03/25/2014 |
NBC News |
| In 2015, Comey's FBI conducted a controversial raid on a Texas political meeting, finger printing, photographing, and seizing phones from attendees |
03/01/2015 |
World Net Daily |
| Comey created diplomatic chaos with Poland after saying the country was an "accomplice" during the Holocaust. |
04/21/2015 |
The Daily Mail |
| Comey was forced to apologize after an error in the FBI's background check system allowed Dylann Roof to buy his gun |
07/10/2015 |
The Atlantic |
| During the FBI's Hillary probe, "A technician who destroyed evidence lied to FBI investigators even after he received immunity, and Comey did nothing" |
04/01/2016 |
The Federalist; The Wall Street Journal |
| Comey promised transparency into the investigation into the Pulse Night Club terrorist, but almost immediately redacted from transcript the killer's reference to Islam |
06/12/2016 |
The Federalist |
| Comey's FBI twice interviewed the Pulse Night Club terrorist but let him go |
06/13/2016 |
The New York Times |
| Under Comey, the FBI blew its highest profile corruption investigations (into Sen. Ted Stevens); a federal judge blamed the "worst prosecutorial misconduct" he'd ever seen |
07/01/2016 |
The Federalist |
| Under Comey, the FBI authorized informants to break the law 22,800 times in just four years |
08/23/2016 |
The Daily Dot |
| During its investigation into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified material, the FBI made an unusual deal in which Clinton aides were both given immunity and allowed to destroy their laptops. |
10/03/2016 |
Fox News |
| Comey's FBI was embedded with the ISIS-affiliated terrorists who struck the 'Draw Mohammad' event but failed to act |
03/26/2017 |
CBS News |
| Comey claimed in Senate testimony he didn't feel compelled to memorialize his meetings with presidents besides Trump; however, that's untrue |
06/10/2017 |
Powerline |
| James Comey's Trump memos contained classified information, likely meaning he violated his own agencies security protocols |
07/09/2017 |
The Hill |
| Comey drafted an exoneration statement for Hillary Clinton months before the FBI even investigated her |
10/16/2017 |
Newsweek |
| Under Comey, the FBI's database for gun buyers lost millions of records |
11/10/2017 |
The Washington Post |
| Under Comey, the FBI's case against Cliven Bundy was destroyed after the feds were caught deliberately withholding evidence |
12/21/2017 |
The Oregonian |
| Sexual misconduct was rampant at the FBI under Comey's watch, with at least 14 agents sanctioned |
02/25/2018 |
The Daily Caller |
| Comey's FBI blew its case against Omar Mateen's wife due to agents' misconduct |
04/03/2018 |
USA Today |
| Agent Peter Strzok was considered so hostile to Trump, Robert Mueller dropped him from the Russia probe; Comey, however, found him fit to lead the Clinton probe |
04/17/2018 |
RealClearPolitics |
| On the FBI's Hillary probe, Comey claimed there was no coordination between the DoJ and FBI, but texts and emails later showed that to be untrue |
04/19/2018 |
The Washington Examiner |
| The memos Comey leaked contained classified material, prompting the DoJ inspector general to investigate his illegal leak |
04/20/2018 |
The Wall Street Journal |
| Comey's memos reveal that he briefed Trump on the Steele dossier specifically so it would leak to the media |
04/20/2018 |
The Federalist |
| During the Hillary probe, the FBI lost track of Hillary's server for months |
05/05/2018 |
Jack Posobiec |
| During his book tour, Comey claimed he didn't know the FBI thought Michael Flynn believed he was telling the truth |
05/14/2018 |
Townhall |
