Comey softens stance on impeachment after advising against it

Published September 25, 2019 6:34pm ET



Former FBI Director James Comey indicated that he may support the impeachment of President Trump after he advised Democrats to let the American people decide his fate in 2020.

“Some media are quoting me from last week about my hope that America will remove Donald Trump by an election, not impeachment. But we may now be at the point where members of the House and Senate can’t uphold their own oaths to support and defend the Constitution without acting,” Comey tweeted Wednesday.

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