Law Professor Highlights Concrete Conduct Suggesting Former FBI Director Crossed the Line, Potential for Years in Prison
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley stated Friday that the obstruction charge in the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey could lead to the most serious penalties.
Comey was indicted by Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors on charges of lying to lawmakers and interfering with a congressional probe. Appearing on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Turley suggested that the obstruction count points to concrete conduct that prosecutors believe “crossed the line,” unlike vague testimony.
“The obstruction count is really intriguing. That suggests that there was conduct, besides obviously that false statement, and that’s what we really need to look at,” Turley said. He added that an obstruction count could carry a potential sentence of “five to 10 years.”
Turley emphasized that the most serious questions for Comey center on his 2020 statement about an alleged leak, which he believes is a clear-cut matter of fact, not interpretation.
“One of the reasons we have been focusing on his statement in 2020 about the leak is because that’s not a matter of interpretation,” Turley explained. He contrasted this with Comey’s past answers, which he said were often evasive and showed selective memory on significant events.
“With regard to that leak, either he did leak the information or cause someone to leak it, or he did not. And that is not a matter of interpretation,” Turley asserted.
The DOJ plans to seek an indictment against Comey for allegedly lying to Congress in 2020.
This followed a CIA memo in July that revealed Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan faced a criminal probe concerning their handling of the Steele Dossier, which was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign, during congressional testimony. RELATED: Fines For Lying About The Anti-Trump Steele Dossier That Tore Nation Apart, Not Justice Many On The Right Want Or Deserve
The memo reportedly challenged their sworn denials that the dossier influenced the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, concluding that Brennan pressed for the inclusion of the Steele Dossier, which was financed through Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Turley questioned whether Comey could potentially face his former associate, Andrew McCabe, on the stand. “Could he face his former associate and friend, McCabe, and will he repeat on the stand that ‘I was told to leak this by Comey’? That’s one of the things we will be looking at for that source,” Turley concluded.
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