Committed Quote by Benjamin Wittes

People elected Donald Trump because he acts decisively. He fired James Comey. He didn't fire the entire FBI. If there's something there, the FBI…

— Leon Panetta

The more that is learned about Comey's involvement in the deep state's illicit targeting of President Trump, the more reason the American people must…

— Tom Fitton

“the firing of FBI director James Comey may be the most consequential move ever made by a modern president acting entirely on his own.”

— Michael Wolff

I think that if the president Trump would have fired Comey when he first came in, he would not have to be in a…

— Maxine Waters

Everybody thinks that Donald Trump called James Comey a nut job. What if he didn't? We already have documented countless lies that the media…

— Rush Limbaugh

If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign in an…

— Mara Liasson

I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

— John Lewis

I think [James Comey] should take a hard look at what he has done. And I think it would not be a bad thing…

— John Lewis

Gary Tuchman, he can't believe it! He's from the New York-Washington axis, New York-Washington corridor. He's from CNN. The only liar here is Donald…

— Rush Limbaugh

Comey really spent an enormous amount of energy in the period in which both he and Trump were in office trying to protect the…

— Benjamin Wittes

There's never a good time to fire someone. That's not something that anybody is - that's never going to play out well. But at…

— Nikki Haley

Comey worried that the pressure from Trump to end the Flynn investigation or remove the 'cloud' of the larger investigation would 'infect' the investigation…

— John Dickerson