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Fareed: The Best Part of Comey’s Book Isn’t About Trump

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The most remarkable parts of former FBI Director James Comey’s memoir aren’t the ones on President Trump. After all, we knew most of that already, Fareed writes in his Washington Post column. Instead, it’s the discussion of the legal disputes in the Bush administration – and that should give us some cause for optimism right now.

“What is striking about these episodes is not only that Comey and [Robert] Mueller were subordinates who owed their jobs to Bush, but also that they were Republicans. Yet the two of them have consistently put their obligations to the law and the country above personal loyalty and partisan politics.”

“One of the oft-repeated criticisms of America is that it has too many lawyers. Maybe, but one of the country’s great strengths is its legal culture. As I’ve written before, Alexis de Tocqueville worried that without a class of patriotic and selfless aristocrats, the United States could fall prey to demagogues and populists. But he took comfort in the fact that, as he put it, American aristocracy can be found ‘at the bar or on the bench.’”

“Comey’s memoir reveals that America does indeed have a deep state. It is one of law and lawyers. And we should be deeply grateful for it.”

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