DOJ inspector general condemns Comey memo leak to 'force' a special counsel

The Justice Department’s watchdog condemned fired FBI Director James Comey’s decision to leak contents from his memos to “force” the appointment of a special counsel, saying his scheme violated FBI rules.

The new 83-page report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which focused on Comey’s mishandling of the memos he made of conversations he had with President Trump in early 2017, harshly criticized Comey’s decision to remove those memos from the FBI after he was fired and to provide some contents to a friend to leak to the media. Comey testified to Congress in 2017 that he hoped leaking this information “might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”