‘Seismic Event’: Fox’s Jonathan Turley Reacts in Real Time to James Comey Indictment

TURNER: “Thank you. Alright, let’s go ahead now and bring in Jonathan Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School. A lot of people anticipated this coming in light of everything that the president has said and indicated lately, as well as the DoJ. What — we don’t know the charges yet, but we know that there is an indictment. What do you make of it?”

TURLEY: “Well, this has been an extraordinary few days. The president issued a social media posting in which he seemed to pressure indictments against individuals, including Comey. That was then withdrawn. We also heard reports that prosecutors opposed going to the grand jury, that they didn’t feel that there was a case to be made here. And now, of course, we have what appears to be an indictment. It is a seismic event. I mean, you’re talking about a former director of the FBI. And there have been long allegations that Comey was a leaker. If you recall, the Inspector General’s report was scathing with regard to Comey’s conduct. Comey removed FBI documents, including classified information, when he was fired. And the Inspector General went after him, but it did not find that he specifically leaked that to The New York Times. But this could be a perjury case as opposed to a leak case.”