James Comes is a well known lawyer who hails from the United States of America and has even been a vital part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by serving in capacity of a Director. He has served as Director of the FBI from September 4, 2013 to May 9,2017. He has been a Republican supporter his entire life, however more recently he has claimed that he is not affiliated to any political party.

Personal Life

James Comey took birth on December 14,1960 as James Brien Comey Jr. in Yonkers, New York, in the United States of America. James Comey’s parents J.Brien Comey and Joan Marie Comey were a corporate real estate agent and computer consultant respectively. James Comey’s grandfather was an officer of the Yonkers Police Department, who later rose to the rank of the commissioner.

Later, early in the 1970’s, James Comey’s family shifted base to Allendale in the state of New Jersey. It was in Allendale that James Comey attended the Northern Highlands Regional High School. Later he went on to graduate from the college of William and Mary in the year 1982 and earned a double major in religion and chemistry. In the year 1985, from the University of Chicago Law School, James Comey earned his Juris Doctor (J.D).

Career

Shortly after completing law school James Comey became the law clerk for John M. Walker Jr, who was the United States District Judge back then. James Comey later became an associate for the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. From 1987 to 1993, he was a part of the Southern District of New York’s U.S Attorney’s Office. When he worked there in the Criminal Division as it’s deputy chief, he helped in the prosecution of the Gambino crime family.

From January 2002 - December 2003, James Comey has been the U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Later on, he was appointed the United States Deputy Attorney General, from the month of December, in the year 2003 to August, in the year 2005, under the administration of George W. Bush.

Later in August 2005, James Comey quit the U.S Department of Justice and went on to be the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Lockheed Martin which is based in the city of Bethesda in the state of Maryland. In the year 2013, in September, James Comey was appointed to the FBI as it’s director by the then-President Barack Obama, it was part of his job description to investigate the email controversy of Hillary Clinton.

Thereby making his role in the Presidential Election of the year 2016, a highly controversial one. Many analysts and supporters of the Democratic party and it’s Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, blame James Comey for her defeat to Republican nominee Donald J. Trump. On May 9, 2017, James Comey was eventually fired by President Donald J.Trump. a move which was undertaken to reduce pressure on the President from the Russia Investigation.