Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson commented on the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on this week’s ‘Meet the Press’ roundtable.

JEH JOHNSON: Jim Comey and I are friends. We were federal prosecutors together 35, 36 years ago, assistant U.S. attorneys here in Manhattan, hired by Rudy Giuliani. Jim has hired as his defense attorney Pat Fitzgerald, who was also an assistant U.S. attorney here in Manhattan 35, 36 years ago. He went on to be U.S. attorney in Chicago. Pat is a hard-charging lawyer. From a prosecution standpoint, there are lots of trouble signs here. Jim, I’m sure, is anxious to go to trial, anxious to tell his story. And he will tell it well. Before it even gets to trial, I suspect there will be a motion to dismiss for selective prosecution, for vindictive prosecution. Those are rarely granted. But this will be a very compelling case based on the president’s own statements about how his Department of Justice should go after Jim Comey. And there are already trouble signs. First of all, the very seasoned U.S. attorney in that district overseeing this case resigned. And the grand jury. You know, we like to say that if a prosecutor asked, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. In this case, the grand jury hearing this case actually rejected one of the three charges on a very low standard, simply probable cause. The majority of the grand jurors have to vote that. That was rejected, which is highly, highly unusual. And so this case is flawed from the get-go, frankly.
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