FBI Director James Comey

Andrew Kent argues that in light of President Trump’s attempts to influence the FBI investigation into his campaign’s Russia connections, and his firing of James Comey, Congress should consider giving the director of the FBI greater independence by making him removable only for cause—and with any removal potentially subject to judicial review.

Former FBI Director James Comey testified for a little under three hours this morning in an open session before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Considering the detailed revelations included in his written statement released by the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday in the lead-up to today’s testimony, how much new information did today’s hearing really add?

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies this morning for the first time since his dismissal before the Senate Intelligence Committee in a highly anticipated hearing. Comey's opening statement, released yesterday, is available here.

Video is available below. Lawfare will be liveblogging the hearing; you can follow along below.

It is hazardous to do too much reading between the lines of former FBI Director James Comey’s written statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee, released today in advance of his testimony tomorrow. He made some clear choices, the most important of which was to stick to an account of his specific interactions with president.