Comey: Someone has to stand up, speak the truth
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(17 Dec 2018) Former FBI Director James Comey is calling on Republicans to 'stand up for the values of this country.' This comes after his second closed door meeting with two Republican-led committees investigating what they say was bias at the Justice Department before the 2016 presidential election. "So another day of Hillary Clinton's emails and the Steel dossier. This while the president of the United States is lying about the FBI, attacking the FBI and attacking the rule of law in this country," said Comey. "Republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter, the words of a president matter, the rule of law matters and the truth matters. Where are Republicans today?" The House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees are wrapping up a yearlong investigation into the department's decisions before Democrats take the majority in January. Comey first testified Dec. 7. Republicans argue department officials conspired against Donald Trump as they started an investigation into Trump's ties to Russia and cleared Democrat Hillary Clinton in a separate probe of her email use. Comey led both investigations. Democrats have called the GOP investigation "nonsense." A transcript released after Comey's first interview showed a heavy focus on the Clinton email probe. A transcript of the second interview will also be released. What I'm doing now is not what I love to do, I'd rather not be talking to you all," said Comey. "But somebody has to stand up and speak for the FBI and the rule of law and I hope there's a lot more somebodies out there than just me." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f2c7cf9e222b02231a8a9666d8ff9431
