The IG report is out, and former FBI Director James Comey has some thoughts. He kindly put them into an op-ed for the Washington Post:
So it was all lies. No treason. No spying on the campaign. No tapping Trumps wires. It was just good people trying to protect America. https://t.co/9nurCaIBq2
— James Comey (@Comey) December 9, 2019
Comey’s piece actually acknowledges that the report found some “things the FBI should have done differently, or better”:
The Russia investigation was complicated — not surprisingly, the inspector general found mistakes, 17 of them, things the FBI should have done differently, or better. That’s always unfortunate, but human beings make mistakes. Inspector-general reports are valuable because they offer the chance to learn. Horowitz also concluded that a low-level FBI lawyer doctored an email as part of the administrative process leading to the renewal of the application for electronic surveillance of the former campaign adviser. Although it is not clear what difference that made, it is still potentially serious wrongdoing and does not reflect the FBI culture of compliance and candor.
But apparently that was just good people trying to protect America. You can trust him, he’s James Comey!
Are you citing your own OpEd? https://t.co/2hVpwYj3rk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 9, 2019
“James Comey did nothing wrong” – A Washington Post Perspective by James Comey.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 9, 2019
“Read my own op-Ed as evidence.”
Really? ? https://t.co/jvOgjRxwPa
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) December 9, 2019
James Comey’s opinion is good enough for James Comey, and dammit, it should be good enough for you.
Good people doesn't mean what you think it means.
— アーケットシスターズ (@ArquetteSisters) December 9, 2019
— Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) December 9, 2019
— Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) December 9, 2019
— Anna Khait (@Annakhait) December 9, 2019
Guy who is 180° from the truth with every word that he utters wants you to know he's "innocent." https://t.co/Jrf6AMPDRT
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) December 9, 2019
"We didn't do treason we just suck" is a weird flex but I guess in the world of 2019 it does make an odd sort of sense.
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) December 9, 2019
