Jarrett says it’s classic James Comey…
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett blasted former FBI Director James Comey on Hannity Thursday, slamming his “self-righteous sermonizing” after the Department of Justice announced an indictment against him.
Hours after the DOJ confirmed Comey was indicted on two of three counts, he posted a video on Instagram claiming his “heart” is “broken” for the department. Sean Hannity pressed Jarrett on whether “any possibility of any superseding indictments” remains following Thursday’s announcement.
“There is always that possibility. I would say that James Comey should consider himself fortunate that many of his suspected crimes — and it could fill a phone book — are barred by the statute of limitations. But like Richard Nixon, it’s always the cover up that does you in. Lying to Congress, obstructing its investigation, which Comey did over and over and over again, all the way up to 2020, which is within the five-year statute of limitations,” Jarrett said.
According to the DOJ, Comey faces one count of making a false statement to Congress and one count of obstruction of a congressional investigation. The announcement came a day after reports indicated the DOJ would ask a grand jury to return charges tied to his September 2020 testimony as the legal deadline approached.
Jarrett also pointed to Comey’s long-standing reputation in Washington.
“He was infamous in Washington as a prodigious leaker. He would do it to burnish his own image, inflate his ego, but mostly to smear the man he so despised, Donald Trump,” Jarrett said. “He would authorize others like Andrew McCabe, James Baker, to leak sensitive material to the media. Sometimes Comey did it himself through a conduit, notably stealing FBI documents when he was fired and then secretly giving them to his friend, Daniel Richman, who handed them off secretly to a reporter.”
“But Comey’s denials are on videotape. You’ve played some of them, and prosecutors, indeed, as John points out, have witnesses who are already on the record. So this is a narrowly defined case,” Jarrett added. “I had to laugh when I saw Comey rush to a camera tonight to claim the mantle of victimhood while anointing himself as America’s greatest hero. He thinks he’s fearless in the face of a tyrant. It was classic Comey, vainglorious, self-righteous, sermonizing. The dissonance is striking. This is the guy who did more damage to the FBI and our system of justice and a presidency than anyone ever. So his defense will be, ‘Oh, gee, I am a victim of a political prosecution and lawfare.’ The irony should be lost on no one.”
Watch the clip above.