A quick update on the James Comey Twitter situation:
The former FBI Director yesterday switched his Twitter handle over to his name. He now owns the @Comey Twitter handle, which is verified. Comey confirmed the new handle, saying he’s glad to be a part of the Twitterverse:
Here’s my new handle. Glad to be part of the Twitterverse. Grateful to Reinhold for the cover these last few years.
— James Comey (@Comey) November 6, 2017
Comey joined Twitter back in 2014 under the name Reinhold Niebuhr, where he said very little but observed quite a bit. About two weeks ago, as we near the release of his new book, he tweeted a picture of himself wearing running shoes on a road in Iowa.
The same day, Comey’s friend and Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes confirmed that the Twitter account belonged to Comey.
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Today, the very tall cat is 100 percent out of the bag.
Since tweeting the picture in late October, Comey’s handle has gone from around 100K follows to nearing 350K followers.
