Overview

• Comey posted the five-minute selfie video on his Substack on August 17, declaring himself a longtime Swiftie and saying Taylor Swift’s music helps him resist bullies and oppose President Trump.
• In the clip, he mentions being in a family ‘Swiftie’ group chat, listening to Swift while mowing the lawn, and names “All Too Well” and “Exile” as his favorite songs.
• He frames Swift’s political stance—her public opposition to Trump’s reelection—as a model for Democrats to stand up to coarseness without adopting the tactics of Trump supporters.
• The video spread rapidly across X and TikTok, prompting conservative commentators to label it “cringe” or “creepy” and speculate that it might be AI-generated.
• The episode follows earlier controversies over Comey’s social media posts and arrives against the backdrop of a July FBI inquiry into his and John Brennan’s roles in the Trump-Russia investigation.