James Comey Donates $5,000 to Fundraiser for Two ‘Wrongfully Fired’ FBI Agents Who Investigated Trump and Arrested Peter Navarro

A GoFundMe has been set up for two FBI agents recently fired by the director, Kash Patel, over their role in the investigation and prosecution of President Trump and a top aide — and a former FBI director, James Comey, is among its top donors.The GoFundMe, “Help Support Walter Giardina & Chris Meyer, Veterans and FBI Agents Wrongfully Fired,” is seeking $170,000 to support both agents to cover living expenses, keep health insurance, and to “fight their legal battles, while while sending a clear message that we stand with those who serve with honor.”As of press time, $150,263 has been raised through 713 donations. Mr. Comey, who recently raised eyebrows for a five-minute video posted on his Substack in which the 64-year-old professes his admiration for musician Taylor Swift, donated $5,000. The top donor, Timothy Murphy, pledged $10,000. It wasn’t immediately clear if it was the same Mr. Murphy who served as FBI deputy director under Robert Mueller between 2008 and 2010. A GoFundMe set up to aid Walter Giardina, left, and Chris Meyer. GoFundMeIn 2022, Mr. Giardina arrested the former White House trade adviser, Peter Navarro, at a Washington airport on contempt of Congress charges. Mr. Navarro, then 74, served four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with the Democrat-controlled January 6 committee. Mr. Navarro at the time called Mr. Giardina and another special agent “kind Nazis.” In May, Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican of Iowa, released a trove of internal emails from Mr. Giardina and other FBI agents involved in the arrest of Mr. Navarro, claiming they were evidence of longstanding “political rot” within the bureau. “Instead of focusing on the rampant cases of murder and rape perpetrated against everyday Americans, personnel in the FBI’s Washington Field Office and D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office were obsessing over ways to target President Trump and his allies. Their conduct is disgraceful and un-American,” Mr. Grassley said in May.In his termination letter to Mr. Giardina, Mr. Patel said the special agent “exercised poor judgement and a lack of impartiality in carrying out duties, leading to the political weaponization of the government.”Attorney General Pam Bondi delivers remarks as President Trump and the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, look on during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, August 11, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesPrior to joining the FBI in 2005, Mr. Giardina served in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he led “100 Marines in combat during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, participating in numerous direct fire engagements with Iraqi Army and insurgent forces,” according to the GoFundMe page. Weeks before his firing, Mr. Giardina’s wife, Colleen, died from pancreatic cancer. “Walter is now a single father of two, navigating both grief and the loss of his career,” according to the GoFundMe.Mr. Meyer joined the FBI in 2012 and was a pilot in the FBI’s Special Flight Operations Unit and flew Mr. Patel on an FBI plane. Prior to Mr. Meyer’s firing, a former special agent, Kyle Seraphina — a member of “The Suspendables,” a group of ex-agents who say they were punished by the bureau for political reasons — claimed he spoke with a Trump administration official about Mr. Meyer’s involvement in the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago classified document’s investigation and other cases.The August 8, 2022, FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, during which armed FBI agents looking for classified documents penetrated the private chambers of Melania Trump as well as the bedroom of her and Mr. Trump’s teenage son, Barron, enraged Mr. Trump. Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Mr. Trump with multiple felonies over the documents, but a judge threw out his case, and Mr. Smith gave up when Mr. Trump won re-election.Documents seized during the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago. Department of Justice via APMr. Meyers was awarded the FBI Medal of Excellence in August 2024, in the waning months of the Biden administration, for “investigating corruption by senior government officials,” according to the GoFundMe. “For more than 25 years, Chris served with honor as a combat veteran, husband, and father committed to his family and his country. His career was taken from him in an instant,” according to the GoFundMe.Messrs. Giardina and Meyers are both represented by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP.

James Comey Donates $5,000 to Fundraiser for Two ‘Wrongfully Fired’ FBI Agents Who Investigated Trump and Arrested Peter Navarro

James Comey Donates $5,000 to Fundraiser for Two ‘Wrongfully Fired’ FBI Agents Who Investigated Trump and Arrested Peter Navarro

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