James Comey getting crushed by ‘weasel moves’ he once denounced

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published April 21, 2018 12:00pm ET

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James Comey getting crushed by ‘weasel moves’ he once denounced — Then-FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before Congress on Thursday in a highly anticipated hearing that could shed new light on his private conversations with the president in the weeks before the firing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

James Comey, the ex-FBI director who claims to have boasted to President Trump that he didn’t do “weasel moves” like leaking information, is in jeopardy, and leaks are to blame.

During the first week of his book tour to promote A Higher Loyalty, Comey has come under fire for leaking memos to a friend that recounted conversations he had with Trump in 2017 before he was fired in May.

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