Is it really a leak though? A private citizen sharing his written thoughts?
I guess it happened on an FBI computer in an FBI car, but not sure if this rises to level of “leak.”
Probably just part of the bulldog posturing..and to try to destroy Comey’s cred. in the public eye.
trump and comey are going to carry grudges against each other. Comey won’t forget how he was fired and Trump won’t forget..well.. all of this
“Is it really a leak though? A private citizen sharing his written thoughts?”
That was an FBI record. Written by an on duty FBI guy on company time, using the only official method the FBI uses to record interviews. The written thoughts did not belong to him.
Good question. However you interpret it, or the timing of it, this sets a precedent that "any" government official in a private meeting with the president can take notes and release them to the public for whatever reasons. In this instance, it violates FBI policy at the very least.
It is most defintely a leak and illegal. The memo was written while Comey was FBI Director. Therefore, it is a confidential (not classified but obviously confidential) document written by a (then) senior govt LEO on govt computer and govt time/salary. The doc belonged to the govt, NOT to Comey. He had no right to keep the doc or share it outside of govt.