FBI Director Jim Comey was a superb choice for the job, as I noted two and a half years ago when he was tapped. Among the reasons for my high opinion of him is his independence from political influence, a quality essential in someone with that kind of power, and more essential than ever in a Justice Department as politicized as this one has become.
Jim did not disappoint when he appeared before the Senate this week and was asked by Sen. Jeff Sessions -- another man of great integrity and judgment -- about federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes and the prospects for more crime if, in a fit of complacency, Congress were to relax them.
Paul Mirengoff on Powerline has the story.
It's a relief, and in my view essential to liberty, to have someone like Jim Comey in that position.
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