Eli Lake, Columnist

Comey Finally Backs Trump's Account, Too Late to Help Trump

So yes, the FBI director did reassure Trump that he wasn't a target. But by now, he might be one.

June 7, 2017 at 8:46 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

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Donald Trump's brief presidency has been marked by an estrangement from truth. He exaggerates. He spins. He mangles facts. He uses words without care.

Contrast this to the man Trump fired last month, James Comey. The former FBI director takes careful notes. He understates. He has cultivated a reputation as a by-the-book Boy Scout, so rigidly scrupulous that he has run afoul of partisans on both sides.