Justice Dept. Investigating Years-Old Leaks and Appears Focused on Comey
Source: New York Times
Adam Goldman 1 hr ago
WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors in Washington are investigating a years-old leak of classified information about a Russian intelligence document, and they appear to be focusing on whether the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey illegally provided details to reporters, according to people familiar with the inquiry.
The case is the second time the Justice Department has investigated leaks potentially involving Mr. Comey, a frequent target of President Trump, who has repeatedly called him a leaker. Mr. Trump recently suggested without evidence that Mr. Comey should be prosecuted for unlawful conduct and spend years in prison.
The timing of the investigation could raise questions about whether it was motivated at least in part by politics. Prosecutors and F.B.I. agents typically investigate leaks of classified information around the time they appear in the news media, not years later. And the inquiry is the latest politically sensitive matter undertaken by the United States attorneys office in Washington, which is also conducting an investigation of Mr. Comeys former deputy, Andrew G. McCabe, that has been plagued by problems.
Law enforcement officials are scrutinizing at least two news articles about the F.B.I. and Mr. Comey, published in The New York Times and The Washington Post in 2017, that mentioned the Russian government document, according to the people familiar with the investigation. Hackers working for Dutch intelligence officials obtained the document and provided it to the F.B.I., and both its existence and the collection of it were highly classified secrets, the people said.
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marble falls
(57,102 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)You forgot your snark tag.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)kimbutgar
(21,160 posts)He wants revenge for what is happening now and puts the blame in Comey. I hope he stays safe and doesnt get taken out by one of his right wing goons.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)in a fascist society there is no justice.
bucolic_frolic
(43,178 posts)where have i heard that before?
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)as an agency head. So if Comey chose to declassify an FBI document and share it with reporters, he had that authority.
This is from an article in May 2019.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/24/trump-justice-department-intelligence-1344958
The president's memo effectively revises the executive order on classification and gives the AG the authority previously assigned to the head of the agency that originated the information to declassify information related to the election inquiry, said Steven Aftergood, a classification expert who directs the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)they're destroying every agency. Thanks Vlad.
NCProgressive
(1,315 posts)as a defendant, he will have discovery and subpoena rights and he can do far more damage to them than they can to him.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)That asshole commits impeachable offenses every single day. Hourly, even.