In a new revelation that’s shocking Americans across the country, newly declassified documents have been released that allegedly show disgraced former FBI Director James Comey ordering the leak of classified information to the New York Times in April 2017. This reignites the debate concerning the integrity of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during President Donald Trump’s first term.
This act clearly demonstrates there was a purposeful effort to try shaping the public narrative about the president, while also attempting to provide a smoke screen for negative stories brewing about Comey himself. Many of these were popping up due to his poor handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation — can you believe she lost not once, but twice as a Democratic Party presidential candidate? — and the Russia probe.
Documents that indicating Comey’s guilt suggest he made use of a Columbia University law professor, Daniel Richman, as an intermediary to help with communication between himself and NY Times reporter Mike Schmidt. The relationship reportedly helped with the dissemination of classified information, a move that is a violation of federal law, specifical 18 U.S. Code 798.
This code makes it a criminal offense to knowingly and willfully disclose classified information.
And this isn’t the only red flag that’s gone up concerning the former FBI director. He has an established pattern of questionable actions taken during his tenure at the head of the bureau. The Justice Department’s Inspector General’s report, for example, slammed the way Comey handled the Clinton email investigation due to deviations from FBI policy that compromise the probe’s integrity.
The implications for Comey’s behavior are disturbing and wide-ranging. They clearly affirm a two-tiered system of justice in this country, which meany freedom-loving MAGA individuals have pointed out for years now. It’s an apparatus where high-ranking officials have managed to escape being held accountable for actions that would, normally, lead to severe consequences.
Many wonder whether or not Comey will actually face justice for what he did. Fortunately there’s a 10 year statute of limitations on leaking classified documents, so legal prosecution is still an option on the table.
Wrapping things up, the alleged actions by Comey demonstrate there has been a serious breach of trust which has resulted in a call for accountability from the American people. If we want to return to being a nation of laws, then we are going to have to re-institute a fundamental principle of justice: all people are equal under the law.
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