A year after Donald Trump fired him, former FBI Director James Comey published a memoir that compared the president to a mafioso, portraying him as "a deeply flawed person and leader" who "either didn't know" or "didn't care" that federal law enforcement officials have a higher duty than obedience to the president's whims. The grudge-driven criminal case against Comey reinforces that assessment.
In recent motions challenging his perjury and obstruction indictment, Comey argues that he is a victim of vindictive and selective prosecution, that the interim U.S. attorney who obtained the indictment was improperly appointed, and that the charges against him are legally deficient. All three claims stem from Trump's open determination to punish Comey based on a personal vendetta. Trump's own statements therefore provide the strongest evidence in Comey's favor.
