Legal Opinion
Cable News Network, Inc. v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 2, 2018No. Civil Action Nos. 17–1167; 17–1175; 17–1189; 17–1212; 17–1830 (JEB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired James Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the fallout from that event, news rapidly circulated about numerous private conversations *65between the two men over the preceding months. The exchanges left the former Director feeling unnerved and, apparently, wanting a paper trail. On June 8, Comey testified publicly that while still in office, he had created several contemporaneous memoranda documenting up to nine conversations with the President. The content of those memos has since…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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