An off-the-record media spokesman for former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged the “not normal” nature of his job with the bureau when pressed by congressional staffers, according to a transcript of the call published Thursday.
Columbia University Professor of Law Daniel C. Richman — revealed in documents declassified Tuesday to have acted as Comey’s confidant and media fixer — acknowledged in a June 2017 call with Senate Judiciary Committee staffers that he was one of Comey’s personal attorneys and that it’s “not normal for a law professor to represent the former Director of the FBI,” the transcript reads.
Empower Oversight Founder Jason Foster conducted the interview as then-chief investigative counsel for Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, then the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Foster described the interview as “extraordinary” and “bizarre” in a message to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The call between Richman and Senate staffers occurred a few days following Comey’s testimony in a June 2017 hearing in which he denied leaking classified intelligence to the media. He also denied leaking classified intelligence to the media through an intermediary.
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