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Fired FBI director James Comey to teach ethics at Virginia college |
2018-01-20 |
[Reuters] - James Comey, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director who was fired last year by U.S. President Donald Trump, will teach a course on ethical leadership at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, the school said on Friday. Comey has been by turns castigated and lionized by both Democrats and Republicans for overseeing high-stakes FBI investigations that overshadowed the election campaigns of Trump and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, in 2016. "Ethical leaders lead by seeing above the short term, above the urgent or the partisan, and with a higher loyalty to lasting values, most importantly the truth," Comey said in a statement released by the college, the country's second oldest. Comey graduated from William & Mary in 1984 with a double major in chemistry and religion, and will teach for a full academic year beginning this fall. The school's president, Taylor Reveley, praised his "abiding commitment to ethical behavior" in a statement. Trump fired him last May, citing a memorandum by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that criticized Comey for his handling of the criminal investigation into Clinton's use of an unauthorized private email server while U.S. secretary of state. At the time, Comey was also overseeing a counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian government efforts to influence the U.S. election and whether Russian officials had inappropriate contacts with Trump campaign officials. Trump has also been highly critical of that investigation, calling it a "witch hunt" against him. Comey has pointed to such comments as the real reason he was fired. Comey's firing forced Rosenstein to appoint Robert Mueller, another former FBI director, as special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, which is ongoing. Mueller has since charged four people who worked for Trump's campaign or in his White House for lying to the FBI and money laundering. Clinton has said she partly blames Comey for her loss to Trump in the 2016 election. Comey oversaw the investigation into the mishandling of classified government secrets by her and her staff on the email server kept in her New York home. In July 2016, four months before the presidential election, Comey made a public announcement closing the investigation, in breach of usual FBI practices, a step he said was necessary to maintain public faith in the investigation's integrity. He said Clinton and her staff were "extremely careless" in handling classified information and that there was evidence they may have unknowingly broken laws, but recommended against prosecution. |
Posted by:Beavis |
#14 Don’t confuse ethics with morals |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-01-20 21:34 |
#13 I'm surprised they would even let him in a room where ethics is taught. Possible lightning damage, you know. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2018-01-20 17:11 |
#12 Teaching a grad course on corruption. |
Posted by: Woodrow 2018-01-20 14:16 |
#11 "So, your transcript says you took Comey's class." Welcome to USDX,public service needs young people like you. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-20 13:56 |
#10 "So, your transcript says you took Comey's class. Got an A also, I see. I'd hire you exactly why, can you tell me?" |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-01-20 13:28 |
#9 |
Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2018-01-20 13:19 |
#8 People will never see the memo, Frank. After all, it's classified, right? And classified information must be protected at all costs. Especially if it makes Democrats and RINOs look bad. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-01-20 13:10 |
#7 The Memo might change things |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-20 12:56 |
#6 He's to serve as a bad example right? No? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-01-20 11:56 |
#5 He'd best learn about ethics first. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2018-01-20 11:13 |
#4 ...until he goes to jail. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-01-20 10:20 |
#3 Like a burglar goes to locksmith school? |
Posted by: Raj 2018-01-20 09:51 |
#2 What kind of ethics will he be teaching at this leftist indoctrination establishment? |
Posted by: Bill Cleretle2363 2018-01-20 09:24 |
#1 ....will teach a course on ethical leadership at the College of William & Mary With quarters on 'the farm' no doubt. He'll be well protected and kept away from the press by his handlers. He'll nearly be able to walk to work. What's not to like ? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-20 09:19 |