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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Trump’s “Meddlesome Priest”

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week, the former F.B.I. director James Comey testified before Congress about his private meetings with the President. David Grann joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the F.B.I.’s controversial political history, and how a man who prizes apolitical crime-fighting found himself all but accusing Trump of obstruction of justice

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Friday, June 9th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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A month ago today, Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI director James Comey.

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The next day, he said, I just fired the head of the FBI.

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He was crazy, a real nut job.

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Then added, I'm not under investigation.

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Yesterday, Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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In his opening remarks, he issued a sharp rebuke to the President for defaming him and the FBI

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by saying that it was poorly led and that its employees had lost confidence in their leader.

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Those were lies plain and simple.

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