Comey wasn't appointed until Obama's fifth year in office, his predecessor (Mueller) held the same position on this issue, served for longer, and was of course a Bush appointee.
And of course his Trump-appointed successor shares the same opinion.
Why are you making this a partisan issue when it's clearly not.
There's no intentional partisanship in my post. My only point was that the issue receded because a key advocate was sidelined (and not because of any particular position by trump).
Mueller certainly was pro-backdoors... but he started out advocating for a backdoor into encrypted communications.. and didn't widen that idea into a backdoor into phones and other devices until his last year in office. Comey picked up where he left off. It's certainly true the FBI and DOJ have produced many people who are pro-backdoors.
This clearly isn't a partisan issue, since there are democrats and republicans that support backdoors.. and democrats and republicans that don't support backdoors. You really do have to pay attention to the names, and support Republicans and Democrats that are against this issue.
And of course his Trump-appointed successor shares the same opinion.
Why are you making this a partisan issue when it's clearly not.