{"id":1777,"date":"2017-10-18T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T17:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawflog.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2017-10-18T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T18:02:30","slug":"a-bar-grievance-for-former-fbi-director-james-comey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawflog.com\/?p=1777","title":{"rendered":"A bar grievance for former FBI Director James Comey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I filed a bar grievance against former FBI Director James Comey based on evidence that he lied to Congress. I also asked the New York attorney grievance committee to reopen <a href=\"http:\/\/lawflog.com\/?p=1389\">prior grievances<\/a> and investigate Mr. Comey, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and private attorney Beth Wilkinson for the destruction of evidence from the Hillary Clinton email investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Dinan at <em>The Washington Times<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/oct\/18\/lawyer-files-have-comey-disbarred\/\">posted a story today about the grievances<\/a>, so I won&#8217;t write much here. I&#8217;ve uploaded <a href=\"http:\/\/lawflog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017.10.17-Grievance-against-James-Comey.pdf\">today&#8217;s grievance<\/a> as well as a <a href=\"http:\/\/lawflog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017.01.05-Letter-dismissing-Comey-complaint.pdf\">January 5, 2017 letter<\/a> that I received from the New York grievance committee.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I&#8217;d like to dedicate my grievance to H.W. &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Pecot of Longview, Texas, a former FBI agent and a longtime friend and mentor to me. 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