The Daily 202: How James Comey’s battles with the Bush White House prepared him to stand up to Trump
How James Comey’s battles with the Bush White House prepared him to stand up to Trump George W. Bush and Dick Cheney look at their watches in the Oval Office. (Eric Draper/George W. Bush Presidential Library) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: The revelations about President Trump in James Comey’s new book have been well digested, but the ousted FBI director’s riveting account of his clashes with the George W. Bush White House has been almost entirely overlooked. Comey, who was then deputy attorney general, reflects on the role he played in upholding the rule of law during three dark chapters of the Bush years: the prosecution of Scooter Libby, the fight over the NSA’s warrantless surveillance operation and his opposition to the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program. He devotes 67 pages of “A Higher Loyalty,” which comes out on Tuesday, to these episodes. That’s about the same amount of ink he spills on the c...