What's the Story? Based on the book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by former FBI Director James Comey, THE COMEY RULE is a two-part political drama that focuses on the 2016 presidential election and the first months of Donald Trump's presidency.
Comey received a three million dollar payout from Bridgewater, his net worth estimated at 14 million dollars.
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President Donald Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General on February 1, 2017. Rosenstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2017. In May 2017, he authored a memo that President Trump cited as the basis for his decision to dismiss FBI Director James Comey.
McCabe became the acting Director of the FBI following James Comey's dismissal by then President Donald Trump, and served in that position until Trump's appointment of Christopher A. Wray. McCabe later departed from the FBI on poor terms with Trump.
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States Attorney General from 2017 to 2018.
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Lisa O. MonacoMeet the Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco is the 39th Deputy Attorney General of the United States. As the Deputy Attorney General, she is the Department's second-ranking official and is responsible for the overall supervision of the Department.
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Comey's publisher, Flatiron Books, has ordered multiple reprints to meet demand, and now has more than a million copies in print.
6′ 8″James B. Comey / Height
According to a calculation from The Wall Street Journal, Wray's net worth in 2017 was estimated to be $23 million to $42 million. Wray is a Republican and a member of the Federalist Society.
A pool report sent to the press at 5:42 p.m. says that White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in the briefing room that Mr. Trump accepted recommendations from the attorney general and deputy attorney general regarding Comey's dismissal.
May 16, 2017: The New York Times reports Mr. Trump asked Comey to end the investigation into Flynn, revealing the existence of Comey's contemporaneous memos.
Trump asks Comey to stay behind to "talk about Mike Flynn," according to Comey's testimony. Mr. Trump allegedly tells Comey that Flynn "is a good guy," saying he hopes Comey "can let this go." Comey is noncommittal and briefs senior FBI leadership on the "very concerning" interaction, Comey writes. Comey does not inform DOJ officials about what Mr. Trump said, but implored Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prevent future one-on-one discussions between the two, according to the testimony. Sessions does not reply, Comey says.
6, 2017: Comey and other intelligence officials travel to Trump Tower in New York to brief the president-elect on the intelligence community's findings about Russian interference in the campaign. According to Comey's prepared Senate testimony, he is chosen to inform Mr. Trump privately of salacious material gathered by a former British intelligence official that the U.S. had not verified.
Trump privately of salacious material gathered by a former British intelligence official that the U.S. had not verified. This is the first time Comey meets Mr. Trump.
Comey wrote in the remarks that he spoke directly with Mr. Trump a total of nine times -- three times in person and six times over the phone. According to the prepared remarks, Comey "felt compelled" to keep contemporaneous notes after each conversation, the first of which occurred before Mr. Trump took office.
In one conversation, Mr. Trump told him, "I need loyalty. I expect loyalty," according to Comey's testimony. After a meeting at the White House in February, Mr. Trump urged him to drop the FBI's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Comey wrote in his testimony.