In a long-awaited report released Thursday morning, the DOJ's inspector general revealed that former FBI Director James Comey's handling of the memos he took from meetings with President Trump before he was unceremoniously fired in early 2017 violated department policy and the law when he shared them with a longtime confidant, who then leaked their contents to the press.
"We conclude that Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement," the Justice Department inspector general report states.
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 countryand 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.
As Ryan Saavedra pointed out, the IG found that Comey set a "Dangerous example" for the tens of thousands of FBI employees working under him.... DOJ IG: "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" https://t.
CNN says the IG report on James Comey was very "Damning" for him as he violated FBI policies pic.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-29/comey-should-be-sweating-doj-watchdog-finds-former-fbi-head-violated-law
"We conclude that Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement," the Justice Department inspector general report states.
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 countryand 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.
As Ryan Saavedra pointed out, the IG found that Comey set a "Dangerous example" for the tens of thousands of FBI employees working under him.... DOJ IG: "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" https://t.
CNN says the IG report on James Comey was very "Damning" for him as he violated FBI policies pic.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-29/comey-should-be-sweating-doj-watchdog-finds-former-fbi-head-violated-law
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