--- title: James Comey Testimony Postponed, Rep. Jason Chaffetz Says description: House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Monday that former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming public testimony has been postponed canonical: https://time.com/4789589/jason-chaffetz-james-comey-hearing-postponed/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-22T22:09:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:03:54.406Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rep. 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[Jason Chaffetz](http://time.com/4784931/jason-chaffetz-congress-resignation/?iid=sr-link4) said Monday that James Comey’s upcoming public testimony has been postponed because the [former FBI Director](http://time.com/4787587/congress-russia-investigation-james-comey-fired-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link1) wants to speak with [special counsel Robert Mueller](http://time.com/4774442/robert-mueller-special-counsel-independent-prosecutor-donald-trump-russia/?iid=sr-link4) first. “Spoke with Comey. He wants to speak with Special Counsel prior to public testimony. Hearing Wed postponed,” Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/866770432434741248) on Monday night. A hearing in front of the House Oversight committee had been scheduled for Wednesday. Mueller, a former FBI director, was [appointed](http://time.com/4783504/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-special-counsel-fbi/?iid=sr-link3) special counsel to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4789589/jason-chaffetz-james-comey-hearing-postponed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4789589/jason-chaffetz-james-comey-hearing-postponed/"},"headline":"Rep. 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