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Justice Department: Comey Violated FBI Rules But Will Not Face Charges

HeadlineAug 30, 2019

The Justice Department’s inspector general has determined former FBI Director James Comey violated agency policies by disclosing sensitive information to the press, but the Justice Department has decided not to prosecute him. The investigation centered on Comey’s decision to leak the contents of a memo he wrote in which he detailed how President Trump had asked him to drop the FBI’s investigation into Michael Flynn, the president’s then-national security adviser.

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