Former FBI director James Comey, who was abruptly fired by US President Donald Trump in May, revealed himself on Monday to be the owner of a mysterious Twitter account.<\/p>\n
Speculation had been rife for months that Comey was behind the account named after 20th century American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.<\/p>\n
Comey confirmed it on Monday by tweeting a picture of himself standing on a road staring into the distance.<\/p>\n
The picture was accompanied by a tweet which said: \u201cGoodbye Iowa. On the road home. Gotta get back to writing. Will try to tweet in useful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another tweet, Comey posted a picture of the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and mused: \u201cGood place to think about leadership and values.\u201d<\/p>\n
That Comey was behind the account was originally posited earlier this year by technology website Gizmodo, which cited a number of clues including the fact that Niebuhr was the subject of Comey\u2019s college undergraduate thesis.<\/p>\n
The account originally had the handle @projectexile7 but has been renamed @FormerBu — presumably for former bureau as in Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n
Comey has maintained a relatively low public profile since being dismissed as FBI chief, a move which came amid an FBI probe into whether any members of Trump\u2019s 2016 White House campaign colluded with Russia.<\/p>\n
A special counsel has since been appointed to look into the allegations, which have been denied by the President.<\/p>\n
Comey\u2019s presence in Iowa sparked speculation that the former FBI director may have presidential aspirations in 2020.<\/p>\n
Iowa is traditionally the site of the first party voting to choose presidential candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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