The Columbia law professor James Comey used as an intermediary to help leak details of sensitive memos worked as an FBI "special government employee" for at least 19 months – during which time he repeatedly defended the FBI director in media interviews amid the Hillary Clinton email probe. Richman told Fox News in an email last week that he was working as an SGE on an unpaid basis. During his Senate Intelligence Committee testimony in June 2017, after his firing, Comey did not volunteer that Richman was also an FBI employee. During a recent interview on Fox News, Comey said "it wasn't relevant" because Richman left the FBI in February 2017. The leaders of the House judiciary and oversight committees, meanwhile, are asking the Justice Department to turn over documents about Richman’s FBI status and his handling of the memos.

Source: Fox News May 03, 2018 17:27 UTC