Former FBI Director James Comey, one of the betes noires of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, appears in Cemercredi on October 8 for his official accusation of obstructing a parliamentary commission of inquiry and making false statements in Congress.
He must appear on Wednesday starting at 10 am (4 pm in Paris) before a federal court in Alexandria, in the suburbs of Washington.
The former federal police chief had been brutally fired by Donald Trump in 2017, during his first term, while the FBI was investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. Since then he has been targets of the Republican’s revenge.
Pressure from Donald Trump
In September, Donald Trump had publicly pressured his attorney general, Pam Bondi, surprising on his social media platform that James Comey has not yet been charged.
He then pushed the district attorney in Virginia to resign, implicitly accusing him of his lack of zeal in this file, and quickly replaced him in this strategic position with Lindsey Halligan, a White House adviser. The latter initiated the procedure that led to the accusation
He is specifically accused of having denied, in response to a question from a senator, that he had authorized his assistant to be quoted under the cover of anonymity in the media regarding sensitive surveys conducted by the FBI.
“I’m not afraid”
“Justice in America!”, Donald Trump sank on Social Truth after the announcement of the charges against James Comey, described as “one of the worst human beings this country has ever known.”
The interested party had quickly responded: “I’m not afraid.” “Fear is the weapon of tyrants,” James Comey added on Instagram. “My family and I have known for years how hard it is to oppose Donald Trump,” he said, asking not to live “on our knees” against the president.
“I have confidence in federal justice and I am innocent,” he concluded.
After the ouster of James Comey, the investigation into Russian interference had been entrusted to special counsel Robert Mueller, his predecessor at the head of the FBI.
In his report in 2019, Robert Mueller had concluded that the evidence of collusion between Moscow and Donald Trump was insufficient, but had increased a series of disturbing pressures exerted by the president in his investigation.
Source: BFM TV
