James Comey
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James Brien Comey Jr. is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017.
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James Brien Comey, Jr. is an American lawyer, jurist, politician, and university teacher. Born in Yonkers in 1960, he is a member of the Republican Party. He speaks English and has six children.
Comey served as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Deputy Attorney General, and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was educated at the College of William & Mary and the University of Chicago Law School. His employer is the University of Richmond, where he works in the field of law.
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Yonkers, New York, USA
American lawyer. 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his dismissal in May 2017.
Known for
- Reality — Self (archive footage)2023
- Inside with Jen Psaki — Self - Former FBI Director2023
- Frenemies: Putin and Trump — Self - FBI Director (archive footage)2020
- MLK/FBI — Self (archive footage)2020
- An American Affair: Trump and the FBI — Self (archive footage)2020
- Get Me Roger Stone — Self (archive footage)2017
- Rogues In Robes — Self - FBI Director (archive footage)2016
- Chasing the Dragon — Himself2016
- CyberWar Threat2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
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Key facts
- President
- Barack Obama Donald Trump
- Deputy
- Sean M. Joyce Mark F. Giuliano Andrew McCabe
- Preceded by
- Robert Mueller
- Succeeded by
- Andrew McCabe (acting)
- Born
- James Brien Comey Jr. , ( 1960-12-14 ) December 14, 1960 (age 65) , Yonkers, New York , U.S.
- Party
- Independent (2016–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Republican (before 2016)
- Spouse
- Patrice Failor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
- Children
- 6, including Maurene
- Education
- College of William and Mary ( BS ) University of Chicago ( JD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yonkers
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- United States Deputy Attorney General
- Employer
- University of Richmond
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- law
- Image
- James Comey official portrait.jpg
- Height
- 2.03
- Number of children
- 6
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- Commons category
- James Comey
- date of birth
- 1960-12-14
- name in native language
- James Brien Comey, Jr.
- birth name
- James Brien Comey Jr.
- P10632
- James Comey
- different from
- James Comer
- described at URL
- youtube.com/watch?v=uSUO7DyQfIQ
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Encyclopedic overview
James Brien Comey Jr. (/ˈkoʊmi/; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017.
During the presidential administration of George W. Bush, Comey was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from January 2002 to December 2003 and later the United States deputy attorney general from December 2003 to August 2005. In August 2005, Comey left the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to become a senior vice president of Lockheed Martin as general counsel. In 2010, he became general counsel at Bridgewater Associates. In early 2013, he left Bridgewater to become a senior research scholar and Hertog fellow on national security law at Columbia Law School. He served on the board of directors of HSBC Holdings until July 2013.
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