As we’ve been reporting Thursday evening, former FBI Director James “St. Jim” Comey has now been officially indicted the Department of Justice on two of three counts sought by prosecutors—one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice—just days after President Donald Trump demanded the DOJ act "now" to bring prosecutions against Comey and other political foes, as our Becca Lower reported.
The D.C. rumor mill had been churning loudly over the last day or so that the charges were coming, but now they’re here, and Comey took to Instagram to profess his innocence and deliver one of those infamous sanctimonious sermons that he’s become famous for.
I mean, he titled his memoir “A Higher Loyalty,” implying that he was on a moral level far above that of most normal plebes. But he’s not afraid, he said in an Instagram post following the indictment becoming official (snide commentary in brackets by yours truly throughout the article):
My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump. But we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way [because we’re just so incredibly high-minded].
We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. [Who asked you to get on your knees? Weird.] Somebody that I love dearly recently said, that fear is the tool of the tyrant, and she's right.
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Rather than make any mention of the charges that he faces, or talk about the lies he allegedly told Congress, he waxed poetic about… voting.
But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either. [I’m not. Because I didn’t break the law.] I hope instead, you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does. [We did vote, in November—because our country depended upon it.]
My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system—and I'm innocent.
So let's have a trial. And keep the faith.
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I’m not sure what to say about this message, because there’s not much concrete information in it—except for the fact that he maintains he’s innocent—and it’s mostly just him doing what he does best, pontificating vaguely about his supposed amazing values. I don’t know about you, though, there’s always something that seems slightly “off” about him to me… He’s frankly just a little bit odd. As I wrote Wednesday in anticipation of the indictment:
If there was a law against being really strange, Comey would be indicted for that too:
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Meanwhile, RedState’s Nick Arama reported that there are grumblings afoot about possible deepstaters at the DOJ who have their knickers in a twist over the indictment. As Arama said, “But then again, if you have people resigning over James Comey's indictment, don't threaten me with a good time. Feel free, go ahead and resign.”
The next question is: will there be another shoe (or shoes) to drop? The president has made it clear that he wants to see Crusading New York Anti-Trump NY Attorney General Letitia James and California Rep. Adam “I’ve got the evidence!” Schiff face charges over mortgage fraud.
Will they be the next to be posting hostage-type videos to Instagram? Stay tuned.
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