Evan Perez: James Comey Didn‘t Account for How Much of an ‘Effort’ There Would Be Inside the DoJ to Indict Him This Year

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PEREZ: “Absolutely. Look, I mean, there’s a lot of things that we know about James Comey, including — and there’s a lot of hubris about the way he’s approached things over the years. And he certainly has a lot of, you know, he has very strong belief in his capabilities. He knows he can fend off a lot of things. What I think he didn’t really account for is how much there would be an effort inside the Justice Department, new Justice Department, this year to try to find a way to do this, with the deadline that was fast approaching, which is approaching on Tuesday, right, the expiration of the statute of limitations for this allegation. And look, if you look at the allegations and you look at these documents, Jake, you and I’ve been talking about this, you know, this was a makeable case. This is a case that a lot of aggressive prosecutors could have possibly brought.”