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James Comey charged with leaking national defense information

By Kaelan Deese
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Former FBI Director James Comey is facing his third round of federal criminal charges in just under two years after the Justice Department charged him with unlawfully sharing national defense information and conspiring to disclose it, according to a court filing made public Monday.

The two-count criminal charging sheet, unsealed Monday in the District of Columbia, alleges Comey knowingly and willfully transmitted sensitive information to someone unauthorized to receive it on Oct. 5, 2016, while he was still leading the FBI.

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