“Nonetheless, the suggestion in certain Russia-related text messages in August 2016 that Strzok might be
willing to take official action to impact presidential candidate Trump’s electoral prospects
caused us to question the earlier Midyear investigative decisions in which Strzok was involved, and whether he took specific actions in the Midyear investigation based on his political views.”
“Comey acknowledged that he made a conscious decision not to tell Department leadership about his plans to make a separate statement because he was concerned that they would instruct him not to do it.”
There’s your smoking gun on Comey’s willful insubordination of his superiors.