Daily Caller Files Lawsuit to Disclose Comey and Obama Meetings

President Barack Obama sits alongside new FBI Director James Comey (R) during an installation ceremony at Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Washington on Oct. 28, 2013. Comey replaced longtime FBI Director Robert Mueller, who retired after 12 years leading the organization. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

• The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday
• The lawsuit is seeking records related to meetings between former FBI Director James Comey and former President Barack Obama
• Comey’s statements regarding times he met with the president conflict with other statements and records

The Daily Caller News Foundation and the watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking records to determine the actual number of times and reasons former FBI Director James Comey met with then-President Barack Obama.

The request by the two organizations was filed because the former FBI director claimed he rarely met with Obama, and he was an independent and nonpartisan leader of the nation’s top law enforcement agency. The parties filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.