C-SPAN Host Dismantles Democrat Caller’s Claim That James Comey ‘Did Everything By The Book’

C-SPAN host Greta Brawner cited reporting on James Comey’s alleged misconduct when a Democratic caller asserted the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director never broke rules.

Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors indicted Comey on charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation on Thursday. In response to the caller’s claim on “Washington Journal,” Brawner read from the Associated Press’ (AP) 2019 reporting on a DOJ inspector general report finding that Comey breached FBI policies.

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“I think that Comey, his record speaks for itself. He was a very honorable man who served his country; he did everything by the book. I think he was the prime example of someone you want to direct the FBI,” the caller said. “Now, currently, we have Kash Patel, who I think is a complete idiot. He’s sick! He’s a sick man in that position and unqualified. And for Trump to go after Comey at this point is very obvious, the trail that led up to this and his feelings about Comey. And the only mistake Comey ever made was getting involved with Trump.”

Brawner then read from the AP’s previous reporting. Comey had “violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Trump.”

“The watchdog office said Comey broke bureau rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information to a friend with instructions to share the content with a reporter,’” Brawner said, reading the AP report. “‘Comey also failed to return his memos to the FBI after he was dismissed in May of 2017, retaining copies of some of them in his safe at home and shared them with his personal lawyers without permission from the FBI.’”