You have posted the real reason for Comey’s position. He said there are two things he cares about, 1. his professional integrity and 2 his family. My guess is that when faced with a choice, he chose door number 2.
Pray for the country.
#2 For those with families has to be a prime consideration.
In the book ‘CRISIS OF CHARACTER!’, the former secret service officer tells about Bill Clinton during the Monica mess hearings, asking another secret service guy who was testifying, “How is your family?”
A pure threat to the man’s family, as Clinton had never spoke to this agent before.