Just days after President Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi to more vigorously investigate his political opponents, a federal grand jury charged former FBI Director James Comey on two counts, one relating to making a false statement to a Senate committee and the other to obstruction of Congress. Robert Kelner, member of CERL’s Executive Board, is quoted in a New York Times article questioning what evidence there is to support such claims, saying it “isn’t a serious case.”  

Robert Kelner is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, in Washington, D.C., where he chairs the firm’s Election and Political Law Practice Group. He is also a member of the CERL Executive Board. 

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