james comey

James Comey Jr. was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was nominated by President Barack Obama (D) and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 29, 2013, by a vote of 93-1.

James Brien Comey Jr was born on December 14, 1960, in Yonkers, New York, to parents Joan Marie Comey (née Herald) and James Brien Comey Jr. His grandfather, William J. Comey, was an officer and later commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department.

The family moved to Allendale, New Jersey, in the early 1970s. His father worked in corporate real estate and his mother was a computer consultant and homemaker. He is of Irish heritage. He attended Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale.

In 1977 he and his brother were victims of a home invasion by a criminal called “The Ramsey Rapist”. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1982, majoring in chemistry and religion.

His Jr senior thesis analyzed the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and the televangelist Jerry Falwell, emphasizing their common belief in public action. james comey received his Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985.