From:

Johanna Persing

< jpersing@gop.com > Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:41 AM Subject: Talking Points: James Comey Book Tour To:

Good morning, Please see the following talking points ahead of James Comey’s book tour. Let us know if you need any additional materials. Thank you. Johanna

James C omey has a long hi story of misst ate ments and miscond uct:

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During his tenure as FBI Director, James Comey was strongly criticized by members of both parties for his history of bizarre decisions, contradictory statements, and acting against Department of Justice and FBI protocol.

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Comey’s misconduct damaged the FBI’s reputation and seriously called into question his credibility.

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Comey is a consummate Washington insider who knows how to work the media to protect his flanks. Case in point was his decision to leak FBI documents to the press after being fired by the President.

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Americans will remember that his at tempts to smear t he Trump administration are nothing more t han retaliation by a disgraced former official.

Come y isn’ t credibl e – just ask Democrats:

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Democrats widely criticized Comey’s inappropriate conduct, and many o f them publicly called for his resignation.

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Now that they embrace Comey for criticizing President T rump, Democrats’ hypocrisy is on full display.

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As they inevitably take to the airwaves to bash President Trump’s decision to fire Comey, Democr ats should be forced to explain why they take that position now after saying in 2016 and 2017 Comey had damaged the institution of law enforcement and lost all credibility.

Background on Come y misconduct:

Come y’s contradictions:

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Comey contradicted his own allegation that President Trump interfered in the Russia investigation in prior testimony to Congress.

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In June 2017, he testified that the President “direct[ed]” him to stop investigating former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

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However, one month earlier, Comey testified that the FBI had never been told to stop an investigation for political reasons.

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