Victor Davis Hanson: James Comey Tried to Take Down Trump. Now, He’s Facing Justice.

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

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Obama administration FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by the DOJ for his role in the Russiagate hoax and 2016 election interference. In the first of a two-part series, Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the moral implications of Comey’s tenure as FBI director—marked by some of the most controversial decisions in modern American political history—on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “James Comey, remember, also, he met with Donald Trump. And they had a confidential conversation. That's not in dispute. And James Comey assured the president of the United States that he was not the subject of an FBI investigation. That was false. Now, he may not have said that under oath, but he admitted he said that, and so did Donald Trump. “He lied to the president of the United States. And then what did he do? He took that conversation and ‘memorialized it.’ … He did not file them officially with the FBI. He put them in his private safe as safekeeping or insurance, so that he could embarrass the president of the United States, if he was ever threatened with firing.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00) Introduction (2:05) Comey's Role in the 2016 Election (4:17) The Steele Dossier (6:53) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	James Comey was indicted by the Trump DOJ.
0:03.0	I'd like to do something different, that is, to do a two-part short little videos.
0:07.0	Thought we could talk about the legal, separately from the moral indications.
0:11.0	Comey, remember, was the FBI director when he interfered in the 2016 election.
0:18.0	He admitted that he had leaked information trying to frame Donald Trump by memorializing
0:23.0	a conversation and then hiding it from the FBI files and leaking it indirectly to the New York
0:28.2	Times as insurance so that he can embarrass the President of the United States if he was ever
0:33.2	threatened with fire. In addition to this, he was the one that hired Christopher Steele.
0:38.3	Christopher Steele was working for Hillary Clinton trying to override intelligence estimates
0:44.3	and tried to fabricate this phony dossier. But he added all up morally and ethically he was bankrupt. Hello.
1:04.2	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:14.7	I'd like to do something different today and the next day, and that is to do a two-part short little videos. One is on the moral implications of James Comey's recent indictment, the former FBI director, and then the legal ramifications.
1:21.7	Even though I'm not a lawyer, I thought we could talk about the legal separately from the moral
1:26.2	indications.
1:32.3	James Comey was indicted by the Trump DOJ on two counts.
1:43.9	One, he is allegedly had lied under oath to Congress that he had not authorized leaks to the press by FBI subordinates, probably in particular, Andrew McCabe,
1:47.1	who admittedly lied four times, I think three times under oath, according to the Inspector
1:52.8	General of the DOJ, and a second count that he obstructed by line to Congress in congressional investigation.
2:03.5	But there's larger questions here.
2:05.4	James Comey, remember, was the FBI director when he interfered in the 2016 election.
2:15.0	He said that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee who was running against Donald
2:20.4	Trump, had broken the law by using an insecure private server in which classified material
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