Justice Department Charges Ex-FBI Director James Comey for Third Time
Comey, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, accused of leaking information related to US national defense
TL;DR
- Former FBI Director James Comey charged with two counts of leaking national defense information.
- Charges allege Comey leaked information in 2016 and conspired with an unnamed person to provide it to a news outlet.
- Comey's attorney claims the charges relate to a previously investigated New York Times article and are an abuse of the justice system.
- Comey's legal team argues the statute of limitations has expired and the charges should have been approved by a grand jury, not filed via an 'information'.
- This is the third criminal charge brought against Comey by the Trump administration.
- Comey was fired by Trump in 2017 while investigating potential collusion between Trump allies and Russia.