Who to follow on Twitter so you don't have watch the Comey testimony

2025-04-26 20:20:03admin

Ousted FBI director James Comey's Senate testimony is being played up as one of the biggest TV events of the year -- and not just on C-SPAN. But if you don't want to or can't watch, here's a Twitter cheatsheet of who to follow to keep up.

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Comey's set to start testifying at 10 a.m. ET Thursday to the Senate Intelligence Committee. That's the group leading the Senate probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

Twitter will be inundated during the Senate testimony with #ComeyHearing, #Comey, and #ComeyTestimony tweets, so here's a breakdown to get the most out of the online chatter.

We made a list filled with politicians, journalists, experts, and more to make it easier to cut through the noise, but it's still going to be noisy. Hold on tight.

Senate Intelligence Committee members

Sen. Richard Burr -- @SenatorBurr

He's the chair and the Republican leading the hearing.

Sen. Kamala Harris -- @KamalaHarris

The freshman California senator will be the last committee member to question Comey.

Sen. Mark Warner -- @MarkWarnerHe's the committee's vice chair and the first Democrat to question Comey.

Other politicians

Rep. Adam Schiff -- @RepAdamSchiff

The California representative is on the House Intelligence Committee.

Rep. Maxine Waters -- @MaxineWaters

The outspoken California representative usually brings it on Twitter.

Sen. Lindsey Graham -- @LindseyGrahamSC

He's one of the few Republicans publicly speaking out against Trump.

Journalists who cover national security, politics, Trump, and Russia

Jim Scuitto -- @jimsciutto

CNN's chief national security correspondent.

David Corn -- @DavidCornDC

Mother Jones' Washington, D.C., bureau chief.

Dana Bash -- @DanaBashCNN

CNN's chief political correspondent.

Kyle Griffin -- @kylegriffin1

MSNBC producer who's always on it on Twitter.

Ken Dilanian -- @KenDilanianNBC

National security reporter for NBC News.

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Bradd Jaffy -- @BraddJaffy

NBC Nightly News writer and editor.

Gabriel Debenedetti -- @gdebenedetti

Politicopolitical reporter.

Greg Miller -- @gregpmiller

National security correspondent for the Washington Post.

David Sanger -- @SangerNYT

National security correspondent for the New York Times.

Maggie Haberman -- @maggieNYT

White House correspondent for theNew York Times.

Glenn Thrush -- @GlennThrush

You recognize his name from the SNLskits. He's also a White House correspondent for the New York Times.

Via Giphy

Rose Gray -- @RosieGray

White House correspondent for theAtlantic.

Jeffrey Toobin -- @JeffreyToobin

While he's a staff writer at the New Yorker, he's also a TV pundit and regular online commentator.

Comey's friend, legal bloggers, and other experts

Benjamin Wittes -- @benjaminwittes

Aside from being Comey's friend, he's also part of the Brookings Institution and the editor-in-chief of the blog Lawfare.

Susan Hennessey -- @Susan_Hennessey

She's the managing editor of the blog. She might be friends with Comey. She's also a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Norm Eisen -- @NormEisen

Former ethics czar under Obama and Brookings Institution fellow.

Ben Rhodes -- @brhodes

Obama's foreign policy advisor.

Let's have some fun

@nycsouthpaw

To keep up with everything.

@emptywheel

For biting commentary on national security.

@realDonaldTrump

Aka POTUS.

(You won't see any of this account's protected tweets, but this might be Comey's Twitter: @projectexile7.)

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn --@GenFlynn

Flynn's brief stint as Trump's national security advisor is quite the mess. Comey says Trump asked him to let go of FBI investigation into Flynn and his connection to Russian officials. Flynn's Twitter account has been dormant for months, but maybe Thursday's testimony will inspire him to tweet.

For anyone who wants to watch and be on Twitter, Bloomberg will be livestreaming from the platform.