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Former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview that aired Sunday that he predicts prosecutors will be under “intense pressure” to come up with an impeachment decision regarding former President Donald Trump before he can potentially name the GOP nominee for president. be in 2024.
Comey, who was abruptly fired by Trump in 2017 while leading the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump and his allies colluded with Russia in the 2016 election, recently spoke with former White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Joe Biden, for an interview that aired Sunday on Psaki’s MSNBC show.
Of the legal battles Trump faces, including an indictment from Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg and an ongoing investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Comey said the federal case regarding the classified documents were found during the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Estate Lago in Florida in August 2022 seems strongest. It was reported last week that Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a July 2021 recording of Trump during a meeting at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in which Trump discussed the White House documents.
“Tapes are great for a prosecutor because you can’t cross-examine a tape, you can’t call a tape a liar or a deep-state agent,” Comey told Psaki. “On a tape, you say what you think, which is why they are so valuable in an organized crime case, and they will be so valuable and important to Jack Smith in this document case. I don’t know where this case is. will end, but it makes it immeasurably stronger to have the subject of the investigation said in a way that cannot be impeached – no pun intended with Trump – that cannot be criticized and undermined because it comes from his own mouth. why I once said, “Lord, I hope there are bonds.” And Lordy, it’s a good thing there are ties.”
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James Comey speaks on stage during a conversation with MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on May 30, 2023 in New York City. Comey said in an interview that aired Sunday that the FBI is rushing to make a Trump impeachment decision. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Comey added that it would be “disturbing to a prosecutor leading an investigation and to the FBI” that these investigations are set so close to a presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump greets supporters on June 1, 2023 in Grimes, Iowa. Federal prosecutors are continuing their investigation into classified documents found during an FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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“Despite the history, we desperately don’t want to be involved in election investigations and around them, so they feel something different that won’t be spoken about publicly. I just know the system; they feel intense pressure to move, move, move, so they are in no position to make a decision next year if Donald Trump is the nominee,” Comey said. “So I think they’re probably working really, really hard to get ahead of even the normal pace of what could be an investigation.”
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on November 18, 2022, that he would appoint Special Counsel Jack Smith to oversee the DOJ’s Trump investigation. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“I mean, it’s this crazy world that Donald Trump dragged this country into, but he could be wearing an anklet while accepting the nomination at the Republican Convention,” he continued. And it even seems crazy to come out of my mouth, but that’s the situation we’re facing. It seems like the Republicans will probably nominate someone who’s under serious criminal investigation, he’s been charged and who knows where that will take us will lead to.” “
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
