Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow in Governance Studies and editor-in-chief of Lawfare, expounds on the serious implications of Comey’s dismissal, where it places the Trump-Russia investigation, and the state of the FBI and the country moving forward.
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PodcastOn Trump firing FBI Director James Comey
May 10, 2017
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