Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 29 2019 04:19pm)
did Horowitz give any reasoning for why he wont charge Comey with the leaking?
nope basically the only legal recommendation was;
https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2019/o1902.pdfQuote
The OIG has provided this report to the FBI and to the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility for action they deem appropriate.
Unlike the Mueller Report, it did not deliberate over whether charges
should be recommended without recommending them.
At the DoJ, Barr declined to prosecute and the media reports from the previous few weeks/months indicate that it was a combination of 'wouldn't amount to serious charges', 'would be a distraction' and 'would be perceived as retaliatory'. Basically, the Hillary Clinton calculation: He's not worth it. For him to be disgraced and retired is enough. McCabe is still on the hook because he lied to FBI officials multiple times in addition to his leaks, and his leaks were of more sensitive materials.
But this should really settle the case on whether Comey was pure or not: Not. He leaked, he lied, he schemed to undermine Trump, he abused his office and tried to roleplay hoover.
The antics surrounding his attempts to ambush and trip up Trump reek of amateur hour. Did he really think he was going to catch Trump on some crackpot story of Russian hookers and he'd achieve it with cloak and dagger techniques and two-bit spying operations?