Federal judge rules DOJ must hand over Comey memo documents

Published March 28, 2019 10:04pm ET



A federal judge ordered the FBI on Thursday to turn over documents related to former FBI Director James Comey’s memos. The memos are notes that Comey took during his infamous one-on-one meetings with President Trump. The DOJ had long argued that releasing the Comey Memos in their entirety would interfere with the Special Counsel investigation, and the court had been inclined to agree. The memos include the notes that Comey said he leaked to the media to spark the appointment of a special counsel. Redacted versions of the memos were released to Congress and the public.

CNN has been fighting for access to the Justice Department’s sealed arguments explaining to the court exactly why the DOJ opposed the full release of the Comey Memos. Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of CNN, USA Today, Judicial Watch, and the Daily Caller, telling the DOJ that it “shall submit to the Court… clean and redacted copies of the documents in dispute” for review by the judge.

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