He told lawmakers it was "important" to get the information out.
Comey only described the friend as a professor at Columbia Law School, but the person is believed to be Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor and consultant to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury on federal criminal matters.
Bullshi* statement of the day follows:
"I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special prosecutor," Comey said.
Documents pertaining to privileged communication(s) with POTUS leaked (through a cutout) to academia and the media? Propaganda arm of the Deep State, the NYT? Were there other documents leaked as well? How very interesting.
It did. The day after the first media reports about the memos surfaced, a special prosecutor was appointed by the Department of Justice.