Prosecuting Cardinal Comey in the leaking would have been foolish. *Confidential* is the lowest level of classification.
He has already been removed from his job. He’s a first time offender. Worst case, he would have had to pay a fine. As a multimillionaire, a fine would be absurd.
Nobody would have sent the Cardinal to prison over this.
The optics would have been terrible.
It’s a good call, if you have the capacity to see around corners.
What about using these obvious violations to create pressure on his other criminal acts ? Why not tie it all into a narrative that is politically based ? Why drop charges without geting anything in return ? There is not a shred of justice in DC. We will put that on its memorial plague.