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A review of FBI Director James Comey\u2019s professional history and relationships shows that the Obama cabinet leader \u2014 now under fire for his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton \u2014 is deeply entrenched in the big-money cronyism culture of Washington, D.C. His\u00a0personal and professional relationships \u2014 all undisclosed as he announced the Bureau would not\u00a0prosecute Clinton \u2014 reinforce bipartisan concerns that he\u00a0may have politicized the criminal probe.<\/strong><\/p>\n
These concerns focus on millions of dollars that Comey accepted from a Clinton Foundation defense contractor, Comey\u2019s former membership on a Clinton Foundation corporate partner\u2019s board, and his surprising financial relationship with his brother Peter Comey, who works at the law firm that does the Clinton Foundation\u2019s taxes.<\/p>\n
Lockheed Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n
When President Obama nominated Comey to become FBI director in 2013, Comey promised the United States Senate that he would recuse himself<\/a> on all cases involving former employers.<\/p>\n
But Comey earned $6 million in one year alone from Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin became a Clinton Foundation donor that very year.<\/p>\n
Comey served as deputy attorney general under John Ashcroft for two years<\/a> of the Bush administration. When he left the Bush administration, he went directly to Lockheed Martin and became vice president, actingas a general counsel<\/a>.<\/p>\n
How much money did James Comey make from Lockheed Martin in his last year with the company, which he left in 2010? More than $6 million in compensation<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Lockheed Martin is a Clinton Foundation donor<\/a>.\u00a0The company admitted to becoming a Clinton Global Initiative member in 2010.<\/p>\n
According to records<\/a>,\u00a0Lockheed Martin is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, which\u00a0paid Bill Clinton $250,000 to deliver a speech in\u00a02010<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In 2010<\/a>,\u00a0Lockheed Martin won 17 approvals for private contracts from the Hillary Clinton State Department.<\/p>\n
HSBC Holdings<\/strong><\/p>\n
In 2013, Comey became a board member, a director, and a Financial System Vulnerabilities Committee member<\/a> of the London bank HSBC Holdings.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Comey\u2019s appointment will be for an initial three-year term which, subject to re-election by shareholders, will expire at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual General Meeting,\u201d according to HSBC company records<\/a>.<\/p>\n
HSBC Holdings and its various philanthropic branches routinely partner with the Clinton Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0For instance, HSBC Holdings has partnered with Deutsche Bank through the Clinton Foundation to \u201cretrofit 1,500 to 2,500 housing units, primarily in the low- to moderate-income sector\u201d in \u201cNew York City.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRetrofitting\u201d refers to a Green initiative to conserve energy in commercial housing units. Clinton Foundation records show that the Foundation projected \u201c$1 billion in financing<\/a>\u201d for this Green initiative to conserve people\u2019s energy in low-income housing units.<\/p>\n
Who Is Peter Comey?<\/strong><\/p>\n
When our source called the Chinatown offices of D.C. law firm DLA Piper and asked for \u201cPeter Comey,\u201d a receptionist immediately put him through to Comey\u2019s direct line. But Peter Comey is not featured on the DLA Piper website.<\/p>\n
Peter Comey serves as \u201cSenior Director of Real Estate Operations for the Americas\u201d for DLA Piper. James Comey was not questioned about his relationship with Peter Comey in his confirmation hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n
DLA Piper is the firm that performed the independent audit<\/a>\u00a0of the Clinton Foundation in November during Clinton-World\u2019s first big push to put the email scandal behind them. DLA Piper\u2019s employees taken as a whole represent a major Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign donation bloc and\u00a0Clinton Foundation donation<\/a>\u00a0base.<\/p>\n