James Comey

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James Comey is an American lawyer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, known for his prominent and often controversial role in U.S. law enforcement and politics.

Aliases (2)

Comey ×1
James Brien Comey Jr. ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human →
appointedBy	Barack Obama →
birthDate	1960-12-14 →
birthPlace	Yonkers, New York, United States →
confirmedBy	United States Senate →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
degree	Bachelor of Science → Juris Doctor →
dismissedBy	Donald Trump →
educatedAt	College of William & Mary → University of Chicago Law School →
employer	Columbia Law School → Federal Bureau of Investigation → United States Department of Justice →
endTime	2017-05-09 →
familyName	Comey →
fieldOfWork	criminal justice → law enforcement → national security →
genre	non-fiction →
givenName	James →
height	approximately 2.03 m →
knownFor	interactions with President Donald Trump regarding the FBI and Russia investigation → public announcement about reopening the Clinton email investigation in October 2016 → role in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server → testimony before the United States Congress after his dismissal as FBI Director →
memberOf	New York State Bar →
name	James Brien Comey Jr. →
nominatedBy	Barack Obama →
notableWork	A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership → Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust →
numberOfChildren	6 →
occupation	author → government official → lawyer → university professor →
officeContested	Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation →
politicalParty	Independent → Republican Party →
positionHeld	Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation → Senior Research Scholar at Columbia Law School → United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York → United States Deputy Attorney General →
reasonForNotability	former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
replaced	Robert Mueller →
replacedBy	Christopher A. Wray →
residence	Virginia, United States →
spouse	Patrice Failor →
startTime	2013-09-04 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Comey ("Comey") →	familyName
University of Virginia School of Law →	hasNotableAlumni
James Comey ("James Brien Comey Jr.") →	name
Robert Mueller →	succeededBy