May 4, 2018 9:56 am

James Comey defends FBI after Rudy Giuliani likened agents to Nazi ‘stormtroopers’

By Staff The Associated Press

Former FBI director James Comey speaks about his book at George Washington University in Washington, April 30, 2018.

Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

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WASHINGTON – Former FBI Director James Comey says it’s “unacceptable” that Rudy Giuliani likened FBI agents who raided the office of President Donald Trump‘s lawyer to “stormtroopers.” The reference by Giuliani, Trump’s new lawyer, appeared to evoke Nazi soldiers.

Last month, the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan raided the office, home and hotel room of Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney.

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I know the New York FBI. There are no “stormtroopers” there; just a group of people devoted to the rule of law and the truth. Our country would be better off if our leaders tried to be like them, rather than comparing them to Nazis.
— James Comey (@Comey) May 3, 2018

Giuliani also said this week that Trump fired Comey because he wouldn’t say Trump wasn’t a target of the special counsel’s Russia investigation. Giuliani said the president felt treated worse than Hillary Clinton, who was publicly cleared of criminal wrongdoing in 2016.

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