Comey reaches deal to testify privately before House panel

Former FBI Director James Comey is dropping his legal challenge to a congressional subpoena, his attorney announced Sunday.

Comey has made a deal to testify privately in front of the House Judiciary Committee regarding the FBI's investigations into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. He will be able to speak freely once the hearing is over, and a transcript will be released 24 hours after he finishes his testimony, The Associated Press reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.