{"id":48185,"date":"2017-10-23T06:03:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T06:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48185"},"modified":"2017-10-23T06:03:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T06:03:53","slug":"former-fbi-director-james-comey-sparks-2020-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/former-fbi-director-james-comey-sparks-2020-rumors.html","title":{"rendered":"Former FBI Director James Comey sparks 2020 rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Former FBI Director James Comey sparks 2020 rumors<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Former FBI Director James Comey sparks 2020 rumors:- Former FBI Director James Comey sparked 2020 rumors over the weekend after a post from his alleged Twitter account garnered attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">What happened?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A Twitter account, which is believed to be the account belonging to the ex-FBI chief, tweeted a picture of Iowa farmland and phrase presidential candidates often use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Given Iowa\u2019s significance in the primary race \u2014 it is the site of the first Republican and Democratic caucus \u2014 candidates spend a lot of time in Iowa, frequently traveling to The Hawkeye State from other early primary states. When they arrive back, they will typically tell Iowans at a rally that it\u2019s \u201cgood to be back in Iowa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">How do we know the anonymous account belongs to Comey?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In March, Ashley Feinberg, who at the time was a Gizmodo reporter, conducted a deep analysis into the account after Comey confirmed at a public event that he does, indeed, have private Twitter and Instagram accounts. Feinberg\u2019s investigation is worth reading and all but confirms Comey is the owner of the account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The account had been locked for several months after Feinberg\u2019s expos\u00e9, but Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare, who is a close, longtime friend of Comey\u2019s, said on Twitter last week that he had convinced the account\u2019s owner to unlock it. Wittes, however, refuses to spill the beans on the owner\u2019s identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">For his part, Comey has remained silent about his social media accounts and whether or not the account in question is his.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/10\/22\/former-fbi-director-james-comey-sparks-2020-rumors-heres-why\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/former-fbi-director-james-comey-sparks-2020-rumors.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FBI Director James Comey sparks 2020 rumors Former FBI Director James Comey sparks 2020 rumors:- Former FBI Director James Comey sparked 2020 rumors over the weekend after a post from his alleged Twitter account garnered attention. 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