Grand Jury Subpoenas Richman in Revived Comey Leak Probe

A federal grand jury issued a subpoena on Monday to Daniel Richman, a longtime friend and advisor to former FBI Director James Comey, as part of a revived Justice Department investigation into Comey's alleged leaks of classified information to the media. The subpoena, issued in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks a significant step in a probe that was previously closed without charges.

The investigation centers on Comey's actions following his May 2017 firing by then-President Donald Trump. According to a 2019 report from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Comey leaked sensitive government records to Richman, with instructions to share them with a reporter at The New York Times. The OIG concluded that Comey violated multiple department and FBI policies by providing the memos, which he had prepared on government computers as part of his official duties, to a private citizen for public dissemination. The report stated that Comey's characterization of the records as personal property was "wholly incompatible" with federal records laws and his FBI employment agreement.

The leak investigation was initially opened in 2017 but was closed in 2021 without...