- Born
- Birth nameJames Brien Comey Jr.
- Nickname
- Jim
- Height6′ 8″ (2.03 m)
- James Comey was born on December 14, 1960 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for The Comey Rule (2020), Nova (1974) and American Deep State (2020). He has been married to Patrice Failor since July 25, 1987. They have five children.
- SpousePatrice Failor(July 25, 1987 - present) (5 children)
- Towering height
- He is the second FBI director to be fired in history. President Bill Clinton dismissed William Sessions amid allegations of ethical lapses in 1993.
- Doesn't consider WikiLeaks to be a legitimate journalistic organization.
- Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage penned by U.S Senator from Arizona John McCain.
- His bestseller book "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership" had to be reviewed by the F.B.I. before it was officially released in April 2018.
- Studied premed and was a chemistry and religion major at the College of William and Mary, starting in 1978 and graduating in 1982.
- [observation, 2016] I was raised by great parents who taught me you don't care what other people think about you. In my business [as FBI Director] I have to and deeply do - that people have confidence that the system's not fixed, against black people, for rich people, for powerful people.
- [letter to FBI employees] We don't ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do, so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed. At the same time however given we don't know the significance of this newly discovered collection of emails, I don't want to create a misleading impression.
- [on why he doesn't consider WikiLeaks to be a legitimate journalistic organization]It's an important question, because all of us care deeply about the First Amendment and the ability of a free press to get information about our work and publish it
- [on WikiLeaks] To my mind, it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public and instead just becomes about intelligence porn, frankly just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the First Amendment values that normally underlie press reporting and simply becomes a conduit for the Russian intelligence services or some other adversary of the United States just to push out information to damage the United States.
- [from his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, on President Donald Trump's tweet about the possibility that his conversations with him were recorded]Lordy, I hope there are tapes
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