James Comey

If federal prosecutors decide to charge former President Donald Trump, they are likely to wait until after the November midterm elections to do so. There is a policy at the ...

"Don’t forget, I fired Comey."

The gag order, which was issued March 3, banned any discussion of the probe within The Times, including to its top editors and reporters.

"Based on your review of the Horowitz report, do you think Jim Comey was a good FBI director?"

"It's a depressing thing to admit but lying works when it comes from the top office in the land."

"The guy’s a lying demagogue who you can’t trust."

"He should consider it."

"I still think it would be better for this country if we move past a fallen and corrupt president."

The attorney general should not "pursue a criminal investigation of Donald Trump," he says.

They're voting.

"Isn't the Horowitz report chiefly an indictment of you personally?"

He said he was "enormously" proud of the FBI's work.

"Mr. Comey, with all due respect, you don't see to know anything about an investigation that you ran."

Comey will appear before the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m.

"Why was it so important to you for this to be seen before the election?"

"The day of reckoning is upon us when it comes to Crossfire Hurricane."

"Russians have leverage over him and are able to influence his actions."

"You could use that term, yes."

"The story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course."

"This will be the first in a series of oversight hearings regarding all things Crossfire Hurricane and the Mueller investigation."