‘Seismic Event’: Fox’s Jonathan Turley Reacts in Real Time to James Comey Indictment
Fox News’ Jonathan Turley reacted to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey just moments after the news of it broke on Thursday, deeming it a “seismic event.”
“We don’t know the charges yet, but we know that there is an indictment. What do you make of it?” anchor Gillian Turner asked Turley.
“Well, this has been an extraordinary few days,” replied Turley. “The president issued a social media posting in which he seemed to pressure indictments against individuals, including Comey. That was then withdrawn. We also heard reports that prosecutors opposed going to the grand jury, that they didn’t feel that there was a case to be made here. And now, of course, we have what appears to be an indictment.”
“It is a seismic event,” declared the legal analyst. “I mean, you’re talking about a former director of the FBI. And there have been long allegations that Comey was a leaker. If you recall, the inspector general’s report was scathing with regard to Comey’s conduct. Comey removed FBI documents, including classified information, when he was fired. And the inspector general went after him, but it did not find that he specifically leaked that to The New York Times. But this could be a perjury case as opposed to a leak case.”
Shortly after the news of the indictment broke, Attorney General Pam Bondi tweeted, “No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case.”
Earlier in the day, Turley’s Fox News colleague Andy McCarthy had expressed his hope that Comey would not be indicted.
“I hope there’s not an indictment. I think, you know, the people who’ve looked at this, Molly, so far, it’s not like a bunch of Biden or Hillary Clinton prosecutors have gotten together and sort of whitewashed this thing. Not that I think they have much use for Comey either, but these were people who actually Trump hand selected people who looked very hard at this case, and tried to make it and decided that they didn’t have the case,” McCarthy told Molly Line.
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