Former FBI chief Comey postpones testimony before US House committee

[Miles Archer]

Former FBI chief Comey postpones testimony before US House committee

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/former-fbi-chief-comey-postpones-testimony-before-us-house-committee/

Former FBI Director James Comey is delaying an appearance before the U.S. House Oversight Committee that had been planned for Wednesday, the panel’s chairman said on Monday.

In a post on Twitter, Chairman Jason Chaffetz, who will step down from his seat in Congress in June, said he had spoken with Comey who told him that before testifying in public he wanted to speak with former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating ties between Russia and the presidential election campaign of Donald Trump.

An aide to the Oversight Committee could not confirm when the hearing would be rescheduled.

President Trump fired Comey on May 9. After reports that Trump asked Comey to stop investigating his campaign advisors ties, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hired Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation, a move expected to delay congressional hearings into Russian ties.

[Squinch]

1. Didn't Comey volunteer to testify before the committee? Couldn't he have made a phone call

and spoken to Mueller before arranging to testify before the committee?

I know he might have some of the goods on Trump, but the guy is such a drama monger I can't stand him. Everything he does he does in such a way that it keeps him on the headlines as long as possible.

[canetoad]

3. I don't see it as headline seeking

Rather than Comey making sure he crosses all the Ts etc. Don't blame him for not allowing himself to be blindsided.

[kentuck]

4. He doesn't want to walk into a broadside attack...

...as if he were at Benghazi or something..

[Bucky]

2. There's something going on behind the scenes.

I just hope it isn't lawyers dragging out the process

[creeksneakers2]

5. Mueller will tell Comey to hush up

Of course. There is likely an ongoing obstruction of justice investigation. Mueller wouldn't want Trump tipped off about what Comey would say. Its a shame, because I really wanted to hear more about this.