Speaker Johnson: ‘There Are Many Things’ Comey Could Have Been Indicted For

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Sunday that there were “many things” former FBI Director James Comey could have faced charges for.

Johnson said, “It’s a very important principle for us to apply that everybody has to subscribe to the law, even a former FBI director, and he has lots to answer for. There are many things that he could have been indicted for, but the statute of limitations ran out on so many of those matters. Not here. Perjury is important. You can’t — especially if you’re a high official, appointed or elected official — you cannot raise your hand, take an oath and lie to Congress.”

Host Jake Tapper said, “I mean, I hear what you’re

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