Sunday, December 02, 2018

POLITICS_ Comey drops legal challenge to House GOP subpoena, will testify on Trump, Clinton probes

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Comey drops legal challenge to House GOP subpoena, will testify on Trump, Clinton probes

By Gregg Re | Fox News

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Former FBI Director James Comey announced Sunday he has dropped his legal challenge to House Republicans' efforts to compel him to testify in a closed-door setting about the political bias and mismanagement they say permeated the Hillary Clinton and Trump campaign probes under his watch.

Citing a history of congressional leaks creating a “corrosive narrative," Comey's lawyers had resisted the GOP's subpoena and insisted on a public hearing. They said in court documents Republicans' demand for closed-door testimony “exceeds a proper legislative purpose, is issued in violation of House rules, and unduly prejudices and harasses the witness.”

But Comey, who is expected to testify Monday, relented after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., agreed on Nov. 28 that the former FBI head's remarks would be made public in their entirety.

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READ MORE: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comey-drops-legal-challenge-to-house-gop-subpoena-will-testify-on-trump-clinton-probes

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"The FBI was misused in 2016."

— House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.



The former FBI chief was fired by President Trump in May 2017. He then leaked memos of his one-on-one interactions with Trump that suggested the president had improperly sought to influence the Russia probe. Trump, in response, accused Comey of disseminating classified information, and called him a "proven liar and leaker."


Comey oversaw a culture of media leaks in the FBI that was flagged by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz in his bombshell report into apparent misconduct by high-level officials in the Clinton and Russia probes.

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