Lawfare Archive: Carrie Cordero and Paul Rosenzweig Weigh in on Comey
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🗓️ 3 May 2026
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From June 9, 2017: As the dust settles following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Lawfare Podcast brings you expert views on what exactly happened yesterday and what it means for the Trump administration going forward. Benjamin Wittes sat down with Carrie Cordero, a former attorney at the National Security Division of the Justice Department, and Paul Rosenzweig, who worked for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, for a conversation on the Comey testimony and its implications.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Marissa Wong, Internet Lawfare, with an episode from the Lawfare |
| 0:14.0 | for May 3, 2006. |
| 0:18.0 | On April 28th, former FBI director James Comey was indicted a second time by the Trump administration. |
| 0:25.5 | In this latest attempt, the Justice Department has accused him of threatening President Trump |
| 0:30.1 | for an Instagram post that depicted seashells laid out in the formation of the numbers 86-47. |
| 0:37.2 | For today's archive, I chose an episode from June 9th, 2017, in which Benjamin Wittes |
| 0:43.3 | sat down with Carrie Cordero and Paul Rosenzweig to discuss Comey's testimony at the Senate |
| 0:48.3 | Intelligence Committee on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the role Comey's investigation played in his |
| 0:56.1 | fire. |
| 1:06.8 | I'm Quinda Jurecic and this is the Lawfare podcast. Former FBI director James Comey made a lot of news yesterday in his long-awaited testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. |
| 1:16.7 | But what should we take away from what he said? |
| 1:19.5 | To answer that burning question, we brought in two guests with some serious expertise on the matter. |
| 1:25.3 | Benjamin Wittes sat down with Carrie Cordero, who formerly served in the |
| 1:29.2 | National Security Division of the Justice Department, and Paul Rosenzweig, who formerly served |
| 1:34.5 | under Independent Counsel Kenna Starr during the Clinton administration, to talk Comey, what he said, |
| 1:40.0 | what he didn't, and what this means for the Trump administration going forward. |
| 1:47.2 | It's the Lawfare podcast, episode 232. |
| 1:51.1 | Carrie Cordero and Paul Rosenzweig weigh in on Comey. |
| 2:01.7 | Let's start with just people's general impressions of what happened yesterday and what it means. |
| 2:03.0 | Carrie, get us started. |
| 2:13.0 | We saw the former FBI director give his account of his interactions with the president. |
| 2:14.5 | What do you make of it? |
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