IG says Comey under investigation over memo handling

How!

Department of Justice's Inspector General Michael Horowitz has confirmed Monday that his office is investigating James "Lordy" Comey for his handling of classified information in dealing with the memos he shared with his buddy who he had leak them to the press.

I pray they lock his butt up, but I suspect, like with Hillary Clinton et al, nothing will come of it.

Horowitz's comments confirmed reports in April that the former FBI director (who was fired by President Trump in May 2017) was under a microscope amid the uncovering of at least two memos that he shared with his friend, Columbia University Professor Daniel Richman,  contained classified information.

Ironically, this is the same situation that happened to the person Comey let off the hook: Hillary Clinton. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they convicted him of espionage? [That's a rhetorical question--of course it would be wonderful.]

The confirmation of the investigation came Monday at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Horowitz and current FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the IG report's findings regarding the [mis]handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe.

Comey, you may recall, just two weeks prior to the presidential election, let Clinton off the hook for using an illegal private server for State Department classified emails that were likely hacked.

"We received a referral on that from the FBI," Horowitz said, in answer to questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). "We are handling that referral and we will issue a report when the matter is complete and consistent with the law and rules."

Translation: we will make a big show of our concern and the minute a bigger news cycle hits, we will let it go.

In April, Comey told Fox News' Bret Baier that the IG's office interviewed him about the memos, but he downplayed the question about classified information as "frivolous," instead saying the real issue was whether he complied with internal policies.

However, Grassley told Horowitz on Monday, "I don't happen to think this is frivolous."

Remember, Comey testified before Congress last year that he shared the memos with Richman with the intention of leaking them to the press and spurring the appointment of a special counsel.

Of the seven memos Comey handed over to Congress in April, eight of the fifteen pages had redactions under classified exceptions.

Comey, who plays God in his home videos, denied that sharing memos with his legal team constituted a leak of classified information. He compared the process to keeping "a diary."

"I didn't consider it part of an FBI file," the tall drink of water said. "It was my personal aide-memoire . . . I always thought of it as mine."

Just like Hillary thought of her private email server.

Dear Diary,

I saw my good friend Danny Richman today. He looked nice, lordy, he looked very nice. I told him how much I admired his tweed jacket and asked him for a tiny favor--to please hand over a bunch of memos I wrote about Donald Trump to a favorable newspaper like the New York Times or Washington Post. I'm hoping my words of wisdom will inspire some young buck of a journalist to take it upon him- or herself to print them and hopefully I can save the nation against the scourge that is Trump! I know I have it in me because I have God on my side! Oh look at me . . . I'm using exclamation marks just like Trump. I need to stop this immediately!

Yours truly,
Jimmy



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Judicial Watch seeks docs "unlawfully removed" by Comey

Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group is calling for Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to acquire and release federal records and memos it claims were "unlawfully" removed by former and fired FBI Director James Comey. The group is threatening the FBI with a lawsuit if they fail to comply.

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch wrote a letter to McCabe on President Trump's birthday (June 14) warning of a potential violation of the Federal Records Act, which is the basis for the federal government's policies regarding the "creating, maintaining, and disposing" of federal records. Perhaps this will be Mr. Fitton's birthday present to Mr. Trump.

After all, isn't the government supposed to work for us, and doesn't the public own unclassified government documents?

Fitton's letter began, "As you may be aware, the Federal Records Act imposes a direct responsibility on you to take steps to recover any records unlawfully removed from the FBI." 

He was referring to memos unlawfully removed by Comey that could contain contents regarding the Russian campaign meddling investigation in the 2016 US presidential election.

The letter went on: "Upon learning that records have been unlawfully removed from the FBI, you then are required to initiate action through the Attorney General for the recovery of records."

Fitton spoke to Fox News. "We're looking to get action on the records that Comey unlawfully took from the FBI, and we know initially there are memos, but depending on what the nature of the documents are, there could be liabilities for Mr. Comey," he said.

Since the "memos" were written by Comey himself, and because it's unclear how they would be viewed by the courts or the FBI, Fitton insists they are official records.

Comey had recently testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he gave one of his memos concerning a meeting he had with President Trump to a friend, Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, who leaked the memo to the New York Times. 

"I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter--I thought that might prompt the appointment of special counsel," Comey admitted in his testimony.

Why isn't that a problem? Just like Hillary Clinton's bleaching her server, the intent appears to be the same in both cases, which is obstruction of justice.

In fact, Fitton said that Comey's removing of documents from the FBI is "the Hillary Clinton email scandal all over again."

According to former FBI official, John Iannarelli, who spoke to Fox News, "The things Comey allegedly took are not classified. The issue is not him taking documents, but the matter of how he released them--classified or not, there is a procedure in doing that which he did not follow."

However, Judicial Watch insists the memos and other related documents he may have were federal records which the Justice Department and the FBI are "obligated" to get back.

"The former FBI director isn't above the law," Fitton said, "and current leadership of the FBI should stop protecting him and take action."

Judicial Watch said in the letter that if McCabe and the FBI don't respond by June 26, they will file a lawsuit in federal district court "seeking that you be compelled to comply with the law."

If it isn't too much to ask.

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