Former FBI Director James Comey issued his first public statement since his daughter Maurene Comey was fired from the Department of Justice earlier this month.

Comey recorded a video statement on his Substack on Sunday. During his statement, he read from the letter Maurene, 36, wrote to her colleagues since her firing. In the letter, Maurene Comey claimed she was fired without reason but encouraged her former coworkers not to “fear.”