Eli Lake, Columnist

Comey Promised 'Honest Loyalty' to the President, But Didn't Deliver

The former FBI director conveniently became much more "honest" after he got fired.

June 8, 2017 at 9:06 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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