Thread by @pooh_tootsie

"And my judgment was, I needed to get that out into the public square. And so I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didn't do it myself, for a variety of reasons."
...
"A good friend of mine who's a professor at Columbia Law
School."

"However, after his removal as FBI Director two months later, Comey provided a copy of Memo 4, which Comey had kept without authorization, to Richman with instructions to share the contents with a reporter for The New York Times."

"However, after his removal as FBI Director two months later, Comey provided a copy of Memo 4, which Comey had kept without authorization, to Richman with instructions to share the contents with a reporter for The New York Times."

@Comey points to "We found no evidence that Comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the Memos to members of the media."
However...
"Thereafter, we prepared this report to consider whether Comey’s actions violated Department or FBI..."

@Comey "...policy, or the terms of Comey’s FBI Employment Agreement. As described in this report, we conclude that Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement."

@Comey COLLINS: And to whom did you show copies?
COMEY: ...And so I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didn't do it myself, for a variety of reasons.
...
COLLINS: Who was that?
COMEY: A good friend of mine who's a professor at Columbia Law School.

@Comey "The OIG has provided this report to the FBI and to the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility for action they deem appropriate."

If I'm reading this right, this means the "decline to prosecute" in 2017 is now null and a new action can be done against Comey.

@Comey

https://twitter.com/PersistantRn/status/1167089238166450177

@Comey

https://twitter.com/FamilyFirstAZ/status/1167089355036344330