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    DOJ Inspector General Report Rips James Comey For Leaking Memos

    DOJ Inspector General Report Rips James Comey For Leaking Memos For Personal and Political Gain

    Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released an 83-page long report Thursday morning. It details misconduct by fired FBI Director James Comey and his handling of memos he wrote to memorialize conversations with President Trump and thoroughly berates him for leaking the memos for personal and political gain. More importanly, in order to launch the Special Counsel investigation into the 2016 presidential election This report is separate from the highly anticipated IG report about the origins of the Russia investigation and FISA abuse.

    Comey admitted during sworn congressional testimony in 2017 that he purposely leaked the confidential memos to a friend, who then gave them to the New York Times.

    Here is the IG conclusion and details about his leaking. It holds Comey accountable for setting a "dangerous precedent" by providing confidential FBI material to the media for personal and political gain:


    However, after his removal as FBI Director two months later, Comey provided a copy of Memo 4, which Comey had kept without authorization, to Richman with instructions to share the contents with a reporter for The New York Times. Memo 4 included information that was related to both the FBI's ongoing investigation of Flynn and, by Comey's own account, information that he believed and alleged constituted evidence of an attempt to obstruct the ongoing Flynn investigation; later that same day, The New York Times published an article about Memo 4 entitled, "Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation."

    The responsibility to protect sensitive law enforcement information falls in large part to the employees of the FBI who have access to it through their daily duties. On occasion, some of these employees may disagree with decisions by prosecutors, judges, or higher ranking FBI and Department officials about the actions to take or not take in criminal and counterintelligence matters. They may even, in some situations, distrust the legitimacy of those supervisory, prosecutorial, or judicial decisions. But even when these employees believe that their most strongly-held personal convictions might be served by an unauthorized disclosure, the FBI depends on them not to disclose sensitive information.

    Former Director Comey failed to live up to this responsibility. By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action, Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees—and the many thousands more former FBI employees—who similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information.
    Comey said he was compelled to take these actions "if I love this country...and I love the Department of Justice, and I love the FBI." However, were current or former FBI employees to follow the former Director's example and disclose sensitive information in service of their own strongly held personal convictions, the FBI would be unable to dispatch its law enforcement duties properly, as Comey himself noted in his March 20, 2017 congressional testimony. Comey expressed a similar concern to President Trump, according to Memo 4, in discussing leaks of FBI information, telling Trump that the FBI's ability to conduct its work is compromised "if people run around telling the press what we do." This is no doubt part of the reason why Comey's closest advisors used the words "surprised," "stunned," "shocked," and "disappointment" to describe their reactions to learning what Comey had done.

    In a country built on the rule of law, it is of utmost importance that all FBI employees adhere to Department and FBI policies, particularly when confronted by what appear to be extraordinary circumstances or compelling personal convictions. Comey had several other lawful options available to him to advocate for the appointment of a Special Counsel, which he told us was his goal in making the disclosure. What was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive investigative information, obtained during the course of FBI employment, in order to achieve a personally desired outcome.

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    No charges. Political class immunity.

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    So where is this in the lame stream press?

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    Yep. If I didn't trust in Jesus and know that no one gets away with this stuff forever, this would definitely be depressing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    So where is this in the lame stream press?
    I NEVER watch (or read) the "lame" stream media but I did find this article on townhall.com

    You Know It's Bad When CNN Calls IG Report on Comey 'Very Damning'
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    Washington Post opinion piece.

    An example of the double justice system. One for Dems/liberals and one for conservatives.

    James Comey helped save democracy when he wrote his memos

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.wa...outputType=amp

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