The DOJ's internal watchdog concluded that the former FBI director 'violated department and FBI policies' in leaking unclassified memos that detailed his conversations with the president to the press.
Two House Republicans on the Oversight Committee are requesting that the chairman, Democrat Elijah Cummings, immediately conduct a hearing on a new report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog regarding James Comey's conduct as the former FBI director.
's request for comment and whether the Maryland Democrat is considering holding a hearing about the matter once Congress returns from August recess the second week of September. "By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action," the report stated,"Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees — and the many thousands more former FBI employees — who similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information."
Since the release of the IG report, Trump has said Comey"should be ashamed of himself!" and suggested there has never been someone"more thoroughly disgraced and excoriated than James Comey." The White House, meanwhile, labeled him a"proven liar and leaker" in a separate statement.
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