In the first case against James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, there was no dismissal; instead, the judge rejected US Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s involvement. After that, the statute of limitations ran out. However, if the report below is accurate, this would represent the third currently active investigation against former FBI Director James Comey, and Lindsey Halligan might get the last laugh.
The first investigative notice to Comey was in mid-March from the Sunshine State. Essentially the ‘conspiracy case’ being reviewed by Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida {SOURCE}. The second investigative case was in North Carolina, where a grand jury released an indictment for threats against President Trump {SOURCE}. Now, Bloomberg is reporting on a third investigation against Comey for leaking classified documents to his friend and special government employee, Daniel Richman.
BLOOMBERG – […] The investigation is tied to his dissemination of documents to Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, the individuals added. If successful, it would be the Trump DOJ’s third time indicting Comey since last fall.
[…] It hasn’t been decided if the department will present an indictment to a grand jury in Eastern Virginia, where Comey resides, or if the case could be pursued in a different location—such as in Richman’s home of New York. (read more)
It doesn’t really matter whether New York or the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), either location would be the third state where the disgraced former FBI Director Comey would have to defend himself. Again, I remind everyone of ‘pressure points’ in Lawfare.
If the EDVA/NY case proceeds it is based around James Comey leaking his memos to his friend Daniel Richman.
In addition to being a close personal friend to James Comey, Daniel Richman is part of the Lawfare network and close friends with Benjamin Wittes, another member of Comey’s tribe. The evidence of this leaking operation is solid, very solid. The only defense James Comey holds in this matter is to claim his memos were not ‘classified’ material.
In fact, several months ago I was told the reason Comey was not yet indicted was due to an internal debate within the DOJ as to the classification status of the Comey memos. To wit I replied, “there is a profound irony in this question the DOJ is asking itself.”
You see, in the Mar-a-Lago documents case Jack Smith appealed the ‘classification’ ruling by Judge Aileen Cannon when she appointed a “Special Master” to review the documents and determine the classification status.
The DOJ/FBI Special Counsel, previously said to the Florida court they would not reveal the content of the Mar-a-Lago document information because it was “classified” under “national security” grounds. You might remember President Trump’s legal position was to make the content public because Trump said there was no classified material.
To reconcile the issue, during discovery phase Florida Judge Cannon appointed a Special Master to review the “classified” documents. The FBI and Jack Smith balked at the demand and filed an appeal with the 11th Circuit to keep the Trump defense from reviewing what Jack Smith said were “documents marked classified.”
Smith didn’t want the documents made public or revealed to President Trump, so the DOJ/FBI position was that the documents were too sensitive (TSCI) with “national security” implications.
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the “classification status” of the Mar-a-Lago documents was whatever the national security apparatus of the federal government (DOJ, FBI and Intelligence Community) said it was. The judicial branch could not interfere in the classification status applied by the executive branch.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the government position that any documents defined as “classified” by the executive branch (then Biden) that claimed, “national security,” should not be disclosed to the defendant, Donald Trump. The court of appeals essentially determined that all definitions by the executive branch, are not questionable by the judicial branch.
This precedent now applies to James Comey’s memos. If the DOJ/FBI/IC define the Comey memos as classified documents because they specifically pertain to private discussions with President Donald Trump about ongoing security matters and Russia, then the Comey memos are legally classified information – regardless of what James Comey says about them.
The DOJ can prosecute James Comey for leaking classified documents by using the same legal approach the DOJ used against Donald Trump. Classified documents are whatever the federal government says they are.
When I reminded the DC people about this specific precedent, you could have heard a pin drop.
♦ Back to Richman…. Though USAO Lindsey Halligan could not get beyond the technicality ruling of her appointment, she smartly dropped all the evidence against Comey for leaking classified documents inside a legal response about Comey lying to congress. {GO DEEP}
This was either super smart or just legally serendipitous, because that approach made visible the evidence now being considered to indict Comey on a matter that does not have a statute of limitations.
♦ Lindsey Halligan provided the evidence of James Comey’s extensive use of Daniel Richman to act as a cut out for leaks and communications with the media [Attachments HERE].
Beginning on January 2, 2015, James Comey hired Daniel Richman to be his conduit to the media for all things around the Clinton investigation. Exhibit #3 highlights Richman emails to Office of Legal Counsel, Patrick Findlay, to begin the process of officially working for Comey as a special government employee. [Attachment #3 HERE].
There are multiple exhibits highlighting emails between James Comey (aka Reinhold Niebuhr7) and Daniel Richman [HERE-4 and HERE-5 and HERE-6 and HERE-7] proving the former FBI director did intentionally direct Daniel Richman to contact media persons on his behalf and leak investigative background information, or instruct them on information, James Comey provided. The evidence on this issue is overwhelming.
Daniel Richman, working directly on the instructions of James Comey, worked closely with New York Times journalist Mike Schmidt, husband of MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace, to publish material [ex. Exhibit #8]. Richman then coordinated the FBI director’s message with dozens of national journalists, writing the scripts for them to publish on behalf of James Comey [ex Exhibit #9]. Again, the evidence on this collaborative endeavor is overwhelming.
Interestingly, [Govt Exhibit #12] is the criminal complaint stemming from the FBI investigation which began on July 21, 2025. The investigative summary notes the purposeful use of Room #9582 at FBI headquarters, intended to destroy classified evidence concealed in five burn bags.
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Florida – Conspiracy case.
North Carolina – Comey threats against Trump.
NY or EDVA – Comey leaking classified documents.
Warmest best,
Sundance
Just awesome that the you have the ears of the “DC people”.
no doubt a precarious position requiring a bushel of courage.
And prayers!
Turns out Comey belonged on the FBI most wanted list all along.
Degenerate criminal was in charge of the FBI. Imagine that.
Well it was Obama who put him there. “A Higher Loyalty” indeed.
You know, the more I read about this Head of Security guy, Sean Curran
The more things just make you go “Huh” 🤔🤔🧐
Curran started working detail for Obama in 2008
Including protection for his family at their private residence and overseas protection
Then 2014-2016 agent in charge of Dignitary protective division
Then the Washington field office 2016-2018
Then on to President Trump
This guy just doesn’t pass the smell test
THOUGHTS ?????
In that context, yes. We all know Trump’s SS protection during the campaign was inadequate on Biden’s orders, and was probably filled with second-stringers, at best.
What does that have to do with the James Comey indictments?
He’s been assigned to President Trump for years and they both like each other. President Trump requested him after Butler! Curran smells just fine. Relax! 😎
Post it to TS.
Not hard to understand when you look at Biden and consider the evidence that he is most likly an arch villian and applying the word criminal is weak.
Sueprise! Surprise! Surprise! In my best Gomer Pyle voice!
SPIT!!!
Three strikes and yer out. Comey needs indicted on the mere fact of wearing hard shoes on a beach…live our best lives, daily.
Thank you Sundance for bringing all this awful info to light here on CTH- God bless you in all your endeavors to keep us folks informed & I pray for your safety as I (think) you are inside “ the wire” maybe?
Richman also claimed that he was Comey’s attorney, and thus would not give the DOJ any information about their conversations, as those talks were protected by the attorney-client privilege.
But I seem to recall rulings by DC Judge Beryl Howell about attorney-client privilege not applying because Trump and his attorney were both allegedly involved in a fraud.
I hope the DOJ insists on this ruling being followed (although this ruling is not binding on other district court judges).
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/dc-circuit-tells-trump-lawyer-to-cough-up-docs-to-special-counsel-under-crime-fraud-privilege-exception/
Exactly! DOJ has to indict both Comey and Richman!
In their fanatical zeal to “get Trump”, unwittingly gave the current DOJ the rope to hang themselves with, figuratively speaking.
I suppose this is what happens when blinded by hubris and vindictiveness.
Keep ‘em coming! Ruin him financially at a minimum…
Unfortunately there will likely be GoFundMe campaigns to raise millions for his defense.
Look at the high school thug in Texas who stabbed and killed his teammate and was given millions.
I hope the multiple lawsuits will outstrip any donations he receives.
I want a decades long incarceration or a firing squad for this traitor, not just financial ruin.
Tired of his church boy charade and “keep the faith” comments.
It’s not germane to your point, but the high school thug in TX stabbed and killed an athlete from a different school at a track meet. He came and sat in their shade pavilion and when confronted instead of simply leaving, he murdered the young man.
Comey always thought he was The Last Boy Scout.
For starters!!!
I’d lean toward “super smart” in Lindsey Halligan’s case. I thought Halligan did yeoman’s work in both cases she was handed at the last minute, up against the clock and resistance career EDVA prosecutors trying to sabotage the cases against Comey and James (not to mention virtually no support from Bondi’s office).
Despite getting mocked by liberal media types, Halligan scored two indictments the career prosecutors swore couldn’t be obtained. She was only stopped by activist judges tossing out both cases on b.s. procedural grounds. Hope to see her involved again going forward.
Agree, I always felt they wanted her gone pronto because she is not only so good, but also so fearless.
Tremendous work Sundance. Just Thrilled that you are connected to the teams and not just blogging to the choir.
Does this make us the choir?
Asking for a few Treepers.
It seems that the locations being chosen have similar historical cases demonstrating precedence, so that they are taken as legitimate charges (and not viewed as political).
In North Carolina, Todd Blanche gave examples of citizens being convicted for threats against both Joe Biden and President Trump. In Florida, we obviously have the Jack Smith case. So, NY or EDVA will likely have recent cases of gov’t employees being convicted of leaking classified info.
Good point.
Did a rich man make poor choices for a dumb man? This appears to be the case.
Rich men north of Richmond.
🎯
Awww…poor widdle Jimmy Comey might be going to prsion.
I can’t wait to send him a cake.
It won’t have a metal file in it,
but my cows will contribute to the ingredient list.
💩💩💩
Send him to LunarMax !
Amazing what some backbone and steadfast determination can accomplish. 👍
Kudos, my friend for chewing through the silo wall.
Lawfare works both ways.
Finally, a criminal investigation that has the three major components all lined-up. . .
1) A serious Federal CRIME.
2) Overwhelming Chain of documented, factual, Evidence. . .
3) The United States of America
vs
James Comey
Talk about an interesting list for Summer Reading. . .
How will they get around the statute of limitations for 2016 activity..?.
It been a rolling conspiracy. It didn’t really begin in 2016, and definitely didn’t end.
I don’t believe there is a SoL concerning criminal charges, when they involve Classified Dx (TS-SCI).
Sundance noted:
“This was either super smart or just legally serendipitous, because that approach made visible the evidence now being considered to indict Comey on a matter that does not have a statute of limitations.”
One way or the other, his goose is cooked.
Hope so, and I hope they put the screws to him to rat out everyone else.
“When I reminded the DC people about this specific precedent, you could have heard a pin drop.”
Boomerang!
Romans 8:28 – All things work for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His Purpose.
It works both ways…. 🙂
I would assume that even if they accept the argument that Richman is his attorney, surely it’s still illegal to give classified documents to your attorney to leak.
Attorney-client privilege does not apply when the attorney and client are together committing a crime.
Hehehe! Sweet!
Like the Alger Hiss case.
Fellow former Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers took pix of documents Hiss pilfered and sent them to Stalin thru other agents in cables. Chambers, who was editor of Time Magazine at the time of the start of the Hiss case, had hidden a copy of the microfilm in a pumpkin at his farm in Carroll County, MD.mbers
Chambers admitted his Soviet agent past and begged Hiss to do likewise to protect the country in the Cold War.
The statute of limitations ran on Hiss for espionage, but he perjured himself, so that’s what they got Hiss on.
Tricky Dick the junior congressman triggered the case in 1948, and Pat Murphy the federal prosecutor who looked like a firefighter took Hiss the Yalta architect down for perjury in New York’s federal court.
Harry Hopkins escaped prosecution for giving our bomb secrets and U-235 to Stalin in Lend-Lease packages by dying of prostate cancer’s effects in 1946.
Then-Secretary of State James Byrne (Truman’s guy) in 1946 made it known in 1946 that Hiss and Hopkins, along with Harry Dexter White and quite a few other FDR people, were security risks or loyalty risks. White dodged jail by dying of a heart attack in 1948.
This was the list of security risks and loyalty risks Joe McCarthy used in making his inquiries. It was a good list, one started by Democrats loyal to America, when such a thing was possible.
Comey’s perjury in lying about leaking the documents will get him.
Meanwhile, the DOJ should show T-t-tillis, Sue Collins, McConnell, and Murcowski any evidence they might have on foreign money going to them and someone should make a deal with them to vote for the SAVE Act or face prosecution and death in prison.
Let’s go full Sherman on these people.
The Moynihan disclosure of the FBI’s Venona papers case in 1994, and Yeltsin’s providing of Soviet era archives in the 1990s sealed the deal beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Is it too early to buy soap on a rope in bulk for Comey and senators (and any corrupt judge who gets likewise nailed for hard-to explain additions to his/her income and declare it as a legal expense and/or a charitable contribution? Our defendants and donors want to know.
Signed, Perkins Coei, Mark Elias, and the other leftist lawfare lawyers emerging from the urinals to represent Comey and friends, Fauci and friends, and GOP turncoats and corrupt federal judges.
Indict him in NY, but not the district where his daughter worked (unless her co-prosecutors Hated her).
At least then he’ll have to travel a lot farther to answer them.
Punishment by 1000 cuts.
“The DOJ can prosecute James Comey for leaking classified documents by using the same legal approach the DOJ used against Donald Trump. Classified documents are whatever the federal government says they are.”
Hoisted on their own retard.
It’s hard to remember just how serious these crimes are. They strike at the structure of our representative Republic.
The machinations are fascinating, the players are pure Vaudeville, but now it’s time to pay up.
Palace coups. Poisons manufactured and weaponized to rig elections. Treasuries filled to the brim with tax monies looted bare while those our leaders wink and nod and take a cut.
We can’t survive as a nation unless these crimes are punished with the severity that crimes of this nature and magnitude demand.
Comey made Richman a “special government employee” and gave him a security clearance but then Richman leaked the classified documents to the news media.
Technically, Richman is guilty and so is Comey because Richman had “NO NEED TO KNOW” and was clearly directed by Comey to leak the information! 😎
The Jolly Green Giant isn’t walking around saying Ho-ho-ho, more like O’no-o’no-o’no, sorry I did not mean it!
Hussein Hillary made me do it, really.
Sundance you created an iron clad case against Comey and his associates! I truly believe the “shell” threat case is just the beginning! Unbelievable post!
I hope the Florida grand jury has the dirt on Comey, Richman, Penitentiary face Brennan, Clapper, Obama (who is the big prize), HRC, Wray etc etc etc! There are so many more deep staters! They should all be incarcerated forever! 💁🏻♀️
Sundance I have appreciated and admired what you’ve done for many years. Bravo Brother.
“Delicious” and it’s cold here in Texas:)
Florida, North Carolina, and /or NY/EDVA , possibly all 3 places tells me Comey will be hemorrhaging cash on lawyers like a stuck pig.
May the process leave him destitute before he sees his new 8×10 furnished apartment.
Retired Magistrate here: This is great news; Comey is now on the merry go round of the legal system where he can spend money on legal fees on one state, go around to the next state and spend more legal fees and then the third state and spend even more on legal fees. Yes, sometimes the process is the punishment.
A Coffee & Covid article from a couple of days ago discussed how the seashell case might actually be much stronger than what the Dims would like us to believe:
“Democrats are carping that the DOJ will have to prove Comey’s intent beyond a reasonable doubt to get a conviction, and laughing about how hard it will be. But maybe it won’t be that hard after all. At this time he made his little shell art project, Comey was touring to promote his novel FDR Drive. Guess what it was about?
“FDR Drive is a boring, narcissistic ‘thriller’ about ‘stochastic terrorism’ involving a right-wing public figure using coded messaging to incite his followers to commit acts of violence against political enemies. Comey enthusiastically told an NPR interviewer that the book’s central themes were free speech and “what happens when someone’s words incite violence.” The protagonist, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton, investigates whether the podcaster can be held criminally accountable for violence committed by his followers. I am not making that up.
“The jury will find it very interesting how RussiaGate co-conspirator Comey was gassing away on national radio about how coded incitement operates, while simultaneously insisting he was just unable to recognize the coded incitement in his own Instagram feed. The fact that he quickly deleted the image after it started getting criticism speaks volumes.”
So, it appears his book will turn out to be significant.
“Let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever flowing stream.” — Amos 5.24
I just want to stand in awe of the flames as they burn the whole damn thing down.
Something told me you were taking a trip. What would we do without you.
🕷️🕸️
Such a tangled web we weave!
The perpetual …on and on and on… with this dystopian
fed-up-ocracy… 😱
There should be a long list of individuals in the same boat as Corney including the last Fan Belt Inspector director who repeatedly lied to Congress and made many millions in his law firm representing global crooks.