The Comey Rule (TV Mini Series)

Night One (2020)

Brian d'Arcy James: Mark Giuliano

Quotes 

• Mark Giuliano : This is a lunchpail culture. Driving a blue Porsche, wearing matching blue cufflinks may not be the best message for you to send.

  Andrew McCabe : These were a gift from Jill.

  Mark Giuliano : They're on your wrists.

  Andrew McCabe : Mark... I didn't get here by dressing well.

  Mark Giuliano : Take care of the boss, will you? He thinks that being right will save him. It won't. And as smart as he is, his political instincts are not good.

• John Giacalone : Mark, we got an I.G. referral on Clinton and her e-mails. We're gonna have to open a case.

  Mark Giuliano : Say more.

  [cut to him entering Comey's office] 

  Mark Giuliano : Boss.

  James Comey : What's up?

  Mark Giuliano : Got a referral from the intel I.G. about Secretary Clinton's e-mails. We're gonna have to open a case.

  James Comey : Say more.

• Mark Giuliano : Russia. Some anomalous behavior concerning the election.

  James Comey : What kind of anomalous behavior?

  Mark Giuliano : We think they're trying to sabotage Secretary Clinton's campaign.

  James Comey : How?

  Mark Giuliano : Ever spend much time on Facebook?

• Mark Giuliano : Your counsel's gonna become a problem, I think.

  Andrew McCabe : Lisa?

  Mark Giuliano : People complain to me about her.

  Andrew McCabe : She rubs some the wrong way, I know. Opinionated people do that.

  Mark Giuliano : She's divisive. She creates issues where there don't need to be any. I don't let her in my briefings.

  Andrew McCabe : She's smart. She helps me get shit done. And I like a contrarian voice.

  Mark Giuliano : Hey, dummy. Are you hearing me? She creates problems. She rips everyone a new asshole in meetings, and as soon as the boss is around, it's "Sir, may I raise a concern here?". People hate that.

• George Toscas : Every day, I hear from another disgruntled member of the Midyear Exam team. And every call has this assumption under it. That somehow Justice isn't engaged here.

  Mark Giuliano : If you want those calls to stop, stop slow-walking everything.

  George Toscas : Listen, Mark...

  Sally Yates : In a case this high-profile, there are bound to be tensions.

  James Comey : Sally, my team feels their investigation is being impeded.

  George Toscas : And my team feels their work is being second-guessed.

  James Comey : Our strong consensus is that Secretary Clinton's attorneys have not been operating in good faith with this investigation, that they're being allowed to obfuscate by the line prosecutors here at Justice.

  Bob the Prosecutor : You think I'm not doing my job, Jim? You think I'm getting played?

  James Comey : I think you're risk-averse, Bob.

  Mark Giuliano : Crying in your office doesn't help.