Acting Office of Government Ethics Director David Apol has 'reinterpreted' guidance such that White House aides under investigation over Russian involvement in the 2016 election may now accept unlimited anonymous donations to fund their legal expenses.
The outgoing director, Walter Shaub, while leaving the job actually stated that the passing up of his deputy in favour of Apol should raise alarm bells, as Apol had a somewhat more 'relaxed' approach to ethics than his deputy, who would under normal circumstances be the natural successor for the acting position.
Still, her emails.
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Comey himself may face an indictment, for leaking information via a friend, to the NYT. Even if the information itself is not classified, it is a federal crime to leak information. Senators argue that while Comey may claim, he wrote the notes, the notes were written on government property, therefore are covered under the non-disclosure legal policy that government employees swear an oath to.
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Indeed. Mr Comey is in legal jeopardy. He should've not risen to the bait but waited for Mueller's investigation to reach its conclusion.