James Comey
American lawyer
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| 2024 | Published his second novel, 'Westport'. |
| 2023 | Published his first novel, a legal thriller titled 'Central Park West', expressing desire to become a novelist. |
| July 2022 | The New York Times reported that both Comey and McCabe were selected for unusually invasive IRS audits after being fired from the FBI. |
| December 2021 | During a Fox News interview, Donald Trump publicly admitted to firing James Comey and suggested that the firing allowed him to continue his presidential term, which some commentators interpreted as an admission of potential obstruction of justice. |
| 2020 | Comey's tenure as FBI director was dramatized in the Showtime TV mini-series The Comey Rule, with Jeff Daniels portraying him. |
| 2020 | Donated to Senator Amy Klobuchar's campaign in the Democratic Party presidential primaries, and after her campaign suspension, endorsed Joe Biden. |
| December 9 2019 | U.S. Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified to the House Judiciary Committee about the FBI's investigation, reporting 17 mistakes in FISA applications but concluding there was no political bias. A redacted version of his report was released on the same day. |
| October 4 2019 | House Democrats issued a subpoena for White House documents, including potential audio tapes, in connection with the Trump-Ukraine scandal, potentially setting up a legal battle that could reach the Supreme Court. |
| August 2019 | Office of the Inspector General finds Comey violated DOJ and FBI policies regarding memo handling. |
| August 29 2019 | IG Horowitz released a report finding that Comey violated agency policies by retaining and leaking memos, but found no evidence of releasing classified information. |
| July 2019 | The DOJ decided not to prosecute Comey for releasing his memos. |
| May 2019 | Wrote an op-ed in the New York Times criticizing the Trump administration, specifically commenting on how people compromise their principles to remain on 'his team'. |
| March 24 2019 | Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to Congress regarding the Mueller Report. |
| March 22 2019 | Robert Mueller submitted the special counsel's final report to Attorney General William Barr. |
| February 2019 | Published an op-ed in The Washington Post about Confederate statues in Richmond, calling for their removal in the context of the ongoing debate about Confederate monuments and memorials. |
| 2018 | Donated to and canvassed for Virginia Democratic candidate Jennifer Wexton's campaign. |
| 2018 | Comey returned to his alma mater, the College of William & Mary, to teach a course on ethical leadership as an executive professor, working alongside assistant professor Drew Stelljes during the 2018–2019 academic year. |
| July 2018 | Used Twitter to urge voters to support Democratic candidates in the midterm elections. |
| June 2018 | DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz informed the Senate Judiciary Committee about a referral regarding Comey's release of Trump meeting memos. |
| June 14 2018 | DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz releases a report criticizing Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential election. |
| April 2018 | Publicly stated in an ABC News interview that the Republican Party 'left me and many others'. |
| April 19 2018 | The Justice Department provided redacted versions of James Comey's memos to Congress, which were subsequently published by news agencies. |
| April 17 2018 | Comey's book 'A Higher Loyalty' was released earlier than originally planned, moved up from May 1 to April 17 due to FBI investigation scrutiny. |
| 2017 | James Comey delivered the convocation speech and a series of lectures at Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C. |
| 2017 | Comey confirmed operating the pseudonymous Twitter account @projectexile7 (later @formerbu) using the display name 'Reinhold Niebuhr'. |
| 2017 | At a cybersecurity conference, Comey declared that 'there is no such thing as absolute privacy in America' and no place is outside of judicial reach. |
| October 2017 | The Brookings Institution published a report questioning potential obstruction of justice in Comey's dismissal, suggesting Trump may have attempted to impede investigations into Michael Flynn and Russian election interference. |
| September 1 2017 | The New York Times reports that Trump had drafted a dismissal letter for Comey over the May 4-7 weekend, which was now in the possession of Special Counsel Mueller. |
| August 2017 | Macmillan Publishers' Flatiron Books acquired the rights to Comey's first book, 'A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership'. |
| August 2 2017 | Christopher A. Wray is sworn in as the new FBI Director. |
| August 1 2017 | The full Senate confirms Christopher A. Wray's appointment as FBI Director. |
| July 27 2017 | The House Judiciary Committee requested documents related to Comey's conduct during the 2016 election and the Clinton email investigation. |
| July 20 2017 | The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Christopher A. Wray's nomination for FBI Director. |
| June 26 2017 | President Trump formally nominates Christopher A. Wray to the Senate for the FBI Director position. |
| June 22 2017 | Trump issued a tweet claiming he did not have or know of any recordings of conversations with Comey, following pressure from the House Judiciary committee about potential subpoenas for the alleged tapes. |
| June 11 2017 | Former United States Attorney Preet Bharara stated in an ABC News interview that there was 'absolutely evidence to begin a case' regarding potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. |
| June 9 2017 | President Trump responded to Comey's testimony on Twitter, accusing him of 'false statements and lies' while simultaneously claiming vindication. |
| June 9 2017 | Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel the day after Comey's testimony. |
| June 8 2017 | James Comey testified before Congress about his interactions with President Trump, suggesting potential obstruction of justice without definitively concluding it, and indicating that Special Counsel would investigate the matter. |
| June 8 2017 | Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, revealing that he had shared his February 14 memo through a friend (later identified as Daniel Richman) with the hope of prompting the appointment of a special counsel. |
| June 7 2017 | Comey submitted an advance copy of his congressional testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, detailing his interactions with President Trump. |
| June 7 2017 | House Speaker Paul Ryan states it's 'obviously' inappropriate for a president to ask the FBI director for personal loyalty, referring to Trump's alleged request to Comey. |
| June 7 2017 | President Trump tweets his intention to nominate Christopher A. Wray as the new FBI Director, one day before James Comey is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. |
| June 3 2017 | Rod Rosenstein stated he would recuse himself from supervising Mueller's investigation if he became a subject in the case due to his role in Comey's dismissal. |
| May 2017 | After Comey's dismissal, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer renewed his call for a special prosecutor to investigate Russia's involvement in the election and its influence on the Trump campaign. |
| May 2017 | Harvard constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe published an essay in The Washington Post calling for Congress to launch an impeachment investigation of President Trump for obstruction of justice regarding James Comey's dismissal. |
| May 25 2017 | The FBI responded to the congressional memo request, stating they were still reviewing the requests in light of the special counsel's appointment. |
| May 24 2017 | Congressional leaders from the House Oversight, House Intelligence, Senate Intelligence, and Senate Judiciary Committees set a deadline for the FBI to produce all of Comey's memos. |
| May 23 2017 | Department of Justice ethics experts declared Robert Mueller ethically able to function as special counsel. |
| May 19 2017 | Benjamin Wittes, a friend of Comey and founder of Lawfare, came forward as the principal source for the initial New York Times story about the memos. |
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