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<\/a>Jay Sekulow, the chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, said on June 9, 2017, the recent testimony given by former FBI Director James Comey may provide enough evidence to show Comey broke federal law when he leaked to the press notes he had taken of conversations he had with President Donald Trump prior to being fired in May. (Image source: YouTube screenshot)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Justin Haskins
\nThe Blaze<\/p>\n
Jay Sekulow, the chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, said on Friday the recent testimony given by former FBI Director James Comey may provide enough evidence to show Comey broke federal law when he leaked to the press notes he had taken of conversations he had with President Donald Trump prior to being fired in May.<\/p>\n
Sekulow first made the accusation in an opinion article he published with Fox News on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cComey \u2013 the nation\u2019s top intelligence official \u2013 admitted under oath that he leaked privileged documents to a friend to give to reporters at the New York Times,\u201d Sekulow wrote in the article.<\/a> \u201cMemos that he had written in the course of his official government duties about privileged conversations with the President. The reason: Comey testified that he did so to manipulate the situation and force the appointment of a Special Counsel. (And, as we know \u2013 that\u2019s ultimately what occurred.)\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cComey\u2019s admission that he is a leaker also raises serious legal questions,\u201d Sekulow also wrote later in his article. \u201cIn my view, Comey broke the law: 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 641 provides that it is a federal crime to, without authority, convey a record of the United States, in this case an FBI record he admits under oath he leaked after being fired.\u201d<\/p>\n On Friday evening, during an interview with Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, Sekulow leveled the charge again.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s the real issue,\u201d Sekulow said. \u201cThe contents of that memo [Comey sent to the New York Times], the substance of it, anyways, was already reported in the New York Times the day before the president tweeted anything. And then, Sean, he goes under oath and says, \u2018I did this to get a special counsel\u2019 \u2014 which by the way \u2014 is impaneled the next day!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOutrageous!\u201d Hannity said.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, no,\u201d Sekulow continued. \u201cIt\u2019s more than outrageous. It\u2019s a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n