Posted on 09/27/2025 1:42:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Justice Department’s announcement that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making a false statement and obstruction of a congressional proceeding is all but a fait accompli.
Pious, sanctimonious self-righteousness and hypocritical moralizing had long ago cost him his professional reputation.
With charges of perjury and obstruction, Comey could face imprisonment.
If that comes to pass, his tattered legacy will earn yet another stain.
More tragically, the narcissistic leader, who was relieved of his duties by President Donald Trump soon into his first term, will continue to damage the agency I love and served for a quarter of a century.
And that makes me — and many others in my ranks — weary, saddened and angry.
Based on my own observations and those of my colleagues at the bureau, it was clear from the start that Comey was hellbent on altering FBI culture.
In the first of his five sermonizing books, 2018’s “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” the former director mused about his initial meeting with employees at FBI headquarters in 2013.
He describes placing himself atop a stool, sans suit jacket, but with a blue shirt and tie.
Tradition had long held that FBI directors wore dark suits and white shirts — keeping their jackets on while addressing employees in order to project proper image.
Yet per Comey, proudly resplendent in his blue shirt: “I thought that shirt color was one early, small way to set a different tone.”
Sadly, for so many of us at the bureau, Comey’s conduct and actions impacted far more than fashion at our agency.
His tenure as FBI director, blessedly, was relatively short — less than four years.
If he was initially well-intentioned, his galling hubris coupled with poor instincts doomed his tenure.
Consumed from the beginning with his...
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Hmmmmm. I think I used the s word the other day.
Comey is unbalanced and a nasty human being. The indictment is a huge bruise on his ego and may he serve time in prison.
Good article. Gagliano cites all the character flaws that we saw in Comey from the beginning. He was entirely unworthy of the position, and I’m sure a lot of good FBI people have resented what he’s done to the Bureau and suffered from it.
The worst things Comey did are long enough ago that the statute of limitations prevents prosecution. The silly thing with the seashells was obviously encouraging someone to assassinate Trump but I doubt he could be prosecuted for that. The indictment was issued just before the statute of limitations would have run out, but for one of his lesser offenses, and he may get a jury to find him not guilty (and it isn’t certain that the case will go to trial).
Leaving the door open for superseding indictments.
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Truth exists and truth matters. Truth has always been the touchstone of our country’s justice system and political life. People who lie are held accountable. If we are untethered to truth, our justice system cannot function and a society based on the rule of law dissolves.
12:14 PM · Aug 19, 2018
The good agents that Hannity often assured us were the still at the FBI, are safe to come out of hiding now and tell us how they really feel. They were leaderless during Obama and Biden and as this account details, also during Trump 45—due to Comey—and, one hopes will soon be evidenced, under Wray.
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