Could former FBI Director James Comey be the first major figure to face real accountability for his role in the destructive Russia collusion hoax?
It’s a question worth asking given Thursday evening’s news that the cocky former intel chief has been indicted by a grand jury on counts of making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. The charges were brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
What’s particularly noteworthy about the indictment, however, is its relation to the Russia collusion hoax.
As The Federalist’s Brianna Lyman summarized, “The charges arise from testimony Comey gave in 2020 when Sen. Ted Cruz questioned him about testimony he previously provided in 2017, in which he stated ‘he did not authorize leaking information regarding the FBI’s investigations into President Donald Trump or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,’ as described by NBC News. Comey told Cruz he stood by the testimony.”
“Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Comey was made aware of the leak of information to the press and essentially gave it the stamp of approval after the fact, a 2018 Justice Department inspector general’s report found,” Lyman added.
Comey’s role in helping form and advance the Russia collusion hoax cannot be overstated.
Roughly a month after Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the 2016 election, President Obama ordered his intel chiefs — including Comey — to put together an Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) to identify “Russian activities and intentions in recent U.S. elections.” The ICA came away with the conclusion that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances.”
The CIA and Comey-led FBI expressed “high confidence” in that judgment, while the NSA expressed “moderate confidence.”