Justice investigating alleged Comey leak of years-old classified info

[Ubiquitous]

Justice Department officials are investigating a years-old classified
Russian intelligence document leak and whether former F.B.I director
James Comey was the person who illegally provided reporters with
information, The New York Times reports.

The probe is the second time federal officials have a looked into Comey
regarding leaked information. The former FBI head has been frequently
labeled a "leaker" by President Trump. What makes this investigation
abnormal, though, is that federal prosecutors usually investigate leaks
when classified information is reported by the press, not years after
the fact, the Times reports.

Sources familiar with the situation told the paper that prosecutors, in
particular, are looking into two articles that were written by the
Times and The Washington Post in 2017 that mentioned the classified
Russian government document.

The document that was mentioned reportedly played a large role in Comey
announcing in July 2016 the FBI's decision to not recommend charges for
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding her use of a
private email server to conduct government business.

According to the Times's sources, the investigation began in the last
couple of months, but why it was initiated and what stage it's at
remains unclear.

Comey's counsel and a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in
Washington, D.C., declined the Times's request for comment.

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