Former FBI Director James Comey Thinks Joe Biden Shouldn’t Prosecute Trump

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Arya Hodjat

Former Breaking News Intern

Published Jan. 06, 2021 10:44AM EST

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Former FBI Director James Comey doesn’t think Donald Trump should be prosecuted after leaving office. “Although those cases might be righteous in a vacuum,” Comey wrote in his new book, according to The Guardian, “the mission of the next attorney general must be fostering the trust of the American people.” Comey was famously fired by Trump just months after he became president. His November announcement that the FBI was reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails likely swung the election to Trump, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver. President-elect Joe Biden has not yet named his attorney general nominee.

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Former FBI Director James Comey Thinks Joe Biden Shouldn’t Prosecute Trump

Arya Hodjat

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