In September 2013, Comey was appointed Director of the FBI by President Barack Obama. He served on the board of directors of HSBC Holdings until July 2013. In early 2013, he left Bridgewater to become a Senior Research Scholar and Hertog Fellow on National Security Law at Columbia Law School. In 2010, he became general counsel at Bridgewater Associates, based in Westport, Connecticut. Department of Justice (DOJ) and became general counsel and senior vice president of Lockheed Martin, based in Bethesda, Maryland. Comey appointed Patrick Fitzgerald to be the Special Counsel to head the grand jury investigation into the Plame affair after Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from January 2002 to December 2003, and subsequently the United States Deputy Attorney General from December 2003 to August 2005 in the administration of President George W. Comey was a registered Republican for most of his life, but has recently described himself as unaffiliated.Ĭomey was the U.S. (born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who served as the seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from Septemuntil his dismissal on May 9, 2017. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Comey served as Director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Former FBI Director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions.

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