Some former officials say they worry the department might be dredging up old allegations of wrongdoing to help Trump go after a critic: former FBI director James B. Comey.
Trump and Justice Department officials have vowed to crack down on leaks. Early in the administration, then-Attorney General Jeff SessionsThat prosecutors are only now investigating leaks about the document is unusual; typically, such probes begin soon after the material is disclosed.
It was not immediately clear what might have sparked the opening of a case almost three years later. The people familiar with the matter declined to provide those and other details. Spokespeople for the Justice Department, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia declined to comment.The document at issue has been the subject of some government-authorized reporting — which might raise questions about the need for its continued classification at all.
“They came from a classified source — the source and content of that material remains classified as I write this,” Comey wrote.A lawyer for Comey declined to comment. Last year, the Justice Department considered whether Comey might face criminal culpability for the handling of memos he wrote documenting his conversations with Trump but ultimately determined he could not be charged.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is also investigating Comey’s former deputy, Andrew McCabe, on allegations of lying to investigators about a media disclosure. The U.S. attorney’s office has faced similar criticism in the McCabe case for pursuing a critic of Trump, and it has yet to bring any charges.
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