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.
