James Gunn: All the celebrities standing by the Guardians of the Galaxy director

James Gunn, fired for Twitter jokes about rape and pedophilia, may be reinstated

The Guardians of the Galaxy director planned to write and direct the third film

Disney may cave in to pressure and re-hire James Gunn despite controversy

By Madhvi Mavadiya

Published: 11:51 EDT, 31 July 2018 | Updated: 11:51 EDT, 31 July 2018

James Gunn, the Guardians of the Galaxy director who was fired for historic tweets in which he had joked about sensitive subjects such as rape and pedophilia, could be reinstated after more than 300,000 people signed a Change.org petition.

All nine of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise’s stars also signed the open letter 10 days after his firing, calling for the two-time director to return for the series’ third film, which is slated for release in 2020.

However, rumours have emerged that there is a ‘growing feeling’ that Disney may cave in to pressure because there has not been a rush to replace him amid deadlines and production scheduled to start early next year. But who is supporting James Gunn?

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DC ready to pull James Comey back in

by Diana Stancy Correll

| July 30, 2018 10:54 PM

Washington, D.C., could soon be seeing more of former FBI Director James Comey, following his book tour across the U.S. promoting his memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership.

Lawmakers on the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees — who are conducting probes concerning the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server — are preparing to interview Comey following the August recess to press him on his decision-making process leading up to the 2016 election, The Hill reports.

“Comey is on the list of witnesses to bring in over the next eight weeks, but it will probably be for a deposition, not a public hearing,” a Republican lawmaker told the outlet.

Additionally, Republicans are prepared to issue a subpoena in the event Comey dodges their invitation to testify.

“If he resists, there is discussion — and I anticipate — that he would be subpoenaed,” another GOP lawmaker told The Hill.

Comey has not been sent an invitation yet to appear before the committees, and an aide for the House Judiciary Committee said that no date has been scheduled.

Meanwhile, conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch revealed on Friday that the FBI has asked Comey to keep federal records and submit other FBI records he currently has back to the FBI.

The move happened after Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation voiced concern about Comey maintaining government documents on his personal email accounts following the Justice Department’s inspector general report released in June that claimed there were “numerous instances in which Comey used a personal email account (a Gmail account) to conduct FBI business.”

Judicial Watch also filed a motion requesting that a federal court require the documents be preserved, amid fears that the documents could be lost or damaged.

“It is incredible that it took Judicial Watch’s prodding of the FBI for it to ask Mr. Comey to return federal records – over a year after he was fired,” Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said in a statement Friday. “Mr. Comey continues to be protected by the FBI and DOJ. It is outrageous that the agencies oppose a simple preservation order to make sure no Comey records are lost or destroyed.”

The Justice Department IG also determined Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, was “insubordinate” and “affirmatively concealed” his intentions regarding the investigation on Clinton’s emails. But the report ultimately determined that though at times improper behavior was exhibited from the FBI, the actions did not alter the results of the Clinton investigation.

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