ABC’s The View took an unexpected turn Thursday when co-host Joy Behar said she agreed with President Donald Trump’s view that former FBI Director James Comey may have broken the law.
Her comments came just hours before the Justice Department announced that a grand jury had returned an indictment of Comey.
Trump has repeatedly called in recent days for the Justice Department to prosecute Comey over his role in the origins of the Russia investigation. On Wednesday, officials close to the administration said authorities were preparing charges.
Behar said she believed Trump “has a point” but tempered her remarks with caution, noting that she also distrusted Comey for reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails just 11 days before the 2016 election.
“You know what, I don’t like Comey. I agree with Trump on this one. I don’t like what he did to Hillary,” Behar said. “I’m just saying. But I rarely have something that I agree with Trump on, so this is one thing.”
Comey’s conduct came under renewed scrutiny during a 2020 congressional hearing, where he was accused of perjuring himself while testifying about the FBI’s investigation of Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide and former personal attorney to Trump.
