re: Comey's reason for leaking his memo...

Comey leaked because he wasn't willing to go public and say that Trump wasn't being investigated. He was afraid he'd be fired over it and he thought he could get out in front of things by leaking to a press absolutely rabid for anything anti Trump. They took a mundane conversation and turned it into loyalty oaths and felony obstruction.

It's that simple, and it shows just how short sighted and silly Comey is. He paid a price for how he handled HRC, but there is a big difference between playing judge and jury in the midst of an election and setting the record straight as your CIC is being called a traitor by the press.