Comey on indictment: "I'm not afraid"

""My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,""

""But we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either,""

""Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant and she's right. But I'm not afraid, and I hope you're not either,""

""I'm innocent, so let's have a trial.""

Comey and his family acknowledge long-standing personal costs associated with standing up to Donald Trump. They declare that living in subservience is unacceptable and commit to refusing to live on their knees. Fear is characterized as a tyrant's tool, a view reinforced by counsel from a loved one, and is explicitly rejected. Confidence and determination are emphasized through repeated assertions of lack of fear. Innocence is asserted clearly, accompanied by a demand for formal adjudication through a trial. The statements frame opposition as principled, courageous, and legally resolvable.

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