James Comey (Former director of the FBI)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

James Comey (Central Park West) is a former FBI director, lawyer, and author. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he got into a law enforcement career, his experience investigating mafia families, and what he learned working in the private sector of law. James and Dax talk about how much mafia families are influenced by Hollywood, what the typical stereotype of an FBI agent is, and how he handled the politics of the role as director. James explains what changes he tried to bring to the agency, how being held at gunpoint changed his perspective on life, and why he wanted to write a fiction novel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan rather I'm joined by the Duchess of Duluth.
0:06.9	Hello.
0:07.9	Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,
0:10.6	she's here. We have former director of the FBI, James Komey on today.
0:17.0	He's also a best-selling author and a lawyer.
0:22.0	Some people might forget how much he is a part of the famous
0:27.4	mafioso story of this country. Yeah, as the attorney general. Yes, the South, uh, NY S. D, Southern District of New York attorney who brought down some of the big families.
0:41.3	Yeah, it's pretty cool.
0:42.4	There's so much juicy stuff with Jim Comi, as we found out he likes to go by Jim.
0:48.6	Well, sure.
0:49.6	And we have a big follow-up in the fact check about that. So stay tuned.
0:53.4	Well, his first book, which was his memoir,
0:55.9	which was critically acclaimed
0:58.0	in a huge bestseller, A Higher Loyalty,
1:01.4	was turned into a great show that I watch and I recommend to people called
1:05.6	the Comey rule but he is here today to talk to us about Central Park West a
1:11.4	crime novel which he has written, in collaboration with his wife and
1:17.4	his daughters are in the mix, and it's a lovely family affair.
1:21.1	Yeah.
1:22.1	I don't want him to mention his height.
1:23.0	Oh yeah, he's very tall.
1:25.0	I know, but then we have to be honest.
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