Justice Department declines to prosecute Comey over memos

Author: Associated Press
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FILE — In this May 3, 2017, file photo, FBI Director James Comey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump has fired Comey. In a statement on Tuesday, May 9, Trump says Comey’s firing “will mark a new beginning” for the FBI. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Justice Department is declining to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey over his handling of memos he wrote documenting personal interactions with President Donald Trump.

That’s according to a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to discuss it and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A lawyer for Comey declined to comment. A spokesman for the Justice Department’s inspector general, which had been investigating, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Comey wrote multiple memos about conversations he had with the president in the weeks and months before he was fired in May 2017. He authorized a friend to describe the contents of one to the media days after he was fired. He said his hope was to spur the appointment of a special counsel.

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