Rudy Giuliani has said he regrets hiring James Comey to the US Attorney’s Office in the 1980s, saying the former FBI director soon became “out of control, “publicity hungry, and eventually “weaponized” the political justice system against his opponents.
Giuliani, who led the US Attorney’s Office before becoming mayor of New York City, and later Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, claims he first became concerned about Comey’s priorities after Comey prosecuted lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart in an insider trading scandal in the early 2000s.