Is James Comey in trouble for ‘leaking’ his own notes?

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Fired FBI Director James Comey raised serious questions when he testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he was the source of leaked memos to the New York Times.

“My judgment was I needed to get [the memos] out into the public square,” Comey said. “So, I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. I didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons, but I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”

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