DOJ Pursuing More Charges Against James Comey
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The DOJ is pursuing more charges against James Comey.
This time, it is over, allegedly leaking classified information.
According to Bloomberg Law, “The investigation is tied to his dissemination of documents to Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, the individuals added.”
It is unclear whether or not the indictment will be presented in front of a grand jury in Eastern Virginia or New York.
The Justice Department is pursuing additional charges against James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, after the former FBI director’s unrelated indictment this week in North Carolina, said two people familiar with the matter.
Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia office that failed in its first criminal case against Comey last year for alleged false statements to Congress, have in recent weeks revived their separate, but interrelated, pursuit of Comey. The investigation is tied to his dissemination of documents to Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, the individuals added. If successful, it would be the Trump DOJ’s third time indicting Comey since last fall.
Ever since Todd Blanche was elevated to acting attorney general, there have been active meetings on the classified information case between the deputy attorney general’s office and small team of EDVA prosecutors, said the people, who spoke anonymously about sensitive deliberations.
It hasn’t been decided if the department will present an indictment to a grand jury in Eastern Virginia, where Comey resides, or if the case could be pursued in a different location—such as in Richman’s home of New York.
This comes after Comey was indicted over a social media post he made last year.
Trump said Comey knew full well what the phrase meant.
President Trump on Wednesday accused former FBI Director James Comey of knowing “full well” that the phrase “86” is a “mob term for kill him.”
Comey was indicted in a case brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that is related to a social media post from last year in which Comey included a photo of seashells arranged on a beach that spelled out “86 47.” Trump is the 47th president of the U.S.
The former FBI agent, a longtime antagonist of the president whom Trump fired during his first term, faces two charges for allegedly threatening Trump with the seashells post, according to the unsealed indictment.
Comey has said he is innocent of the charges and that he did not realize the image could have been interpreted as advocating violence against Trump. He took down the post when told of that implication.
