Legal Analyst Questions Comey’s Case
On Friday, MSNBC legal analyst Danny Kebaros expressed skepticism regarding the likelihood that former FBI director James Comey could successfully challenge a recent motion against him.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against Comey on Thursday, accusing him of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing an investigation linked to his September 2020 testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Kebaros noted that President Donald Trump’s involvement complicates the situation, making it harder to argue for dismissal based on “selective prosecution” or “pretrial publicity.” He suggested that judges often prefer to let prosecutors present their case fully.
“The issue with these attempts is that they have a one-percent chance of succeeding,” Kebaros stated. He remarked that federal prosecutors typically have the discretion to choose which cases to pursue, pointing out that the federal justice system can’t take on every federal crime.
“Being a federal prosecutor involves a level of selectivity, which means these challenges often fail,” he added. Kebaros implied that Comey’s attempts to dismiss the charges might be overreaching. “It’s challenging to quash a case before it gets to trial; judges generally don’t want to undermine prosecutors’ efforts,” he said.
Comey supposedly “did not allow someone from the FBI to act as an anonymous source,” which the indictment states was an inaccurate assertion. According to the DOJ, the former FBI director declared his innocence in response to the indictment on Instagram, stating, “My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal justice system. I am innocent. Now, let’s go to court and protect our faith.”
In an August interview, Trump mentioned to the Daily Caller that he wouldn’t mind seeing Comey and former CIA director John Brennan arrested on live television. The president also expressed his frustration with Attorney General Pam Bondy, questioning the investigations led by California’s Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James.
A CIA memo published in July suggested that both Comey and Brennan may have incorrectly testified about the Steele documents’ impact on the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.
