Who could’ve guessed that in 2018, a former FBI director would be publicly warning Democrats against “rush[ing] to the socialist left”? Well, everyone, really. But this abandonment of the political neutrality that James Comey has cultivated over the course of his career for the purpose of passing along an anti-left message to his one million Twitter followers is doubly unsurprising given Comey’s work in the private sector.

Of course, Comey was always a civil liberties-averse authoritarian whose FBI (as with previous directors) went after left-wing activists and innocent people of color. But comparatively little attention is paid to his work outside government, which reflects a decidedly rightward tilt to his politics beyond merely the subjects of security and law and order.

In an early New York magazine profile, Comey explained how his initial experience in the private sector had left him morally shaken, after he successfully defended a company against accusations that its machinery caused asbestos injuries. With that ethically compromising experience behind him, where did Comey go after his stint in the Bush administration?