Former deputy attorney general Sally Yates said Wednesday that former FBI director James Comey went “rogue” when he arranged an interview with former national security …
Former deputy attorney general Sally Yates said Wednesday that former FBI director James Comey went “rogue” when he arranged an interview with former national security adviser Michael Flynn without her authorization. “You could use that term [rogue], yes,” Yates told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S. C.). That conversation would lead to Flynn pleading guilty to lying to FBI investigators, a plea he later reversed due to FBI misconduct. “I was upset that Director Comey didn’t coordinate that with us and acted unilaterally, yes I was,” Yates added during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Yates said she did not want to authorize the FBI’s interview of Flynn, which occurred after the bureau reversed its decision to drop charges against him.
