Comey lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald linked to Comey Memo leak saga that prompted Mueller appointment
Comey current defense lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, along with longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, both received copies of the so-called Comey Memos in May 2017 as Comey sought to prompt the appointment of a special counsel to go after Trump.
By Jerry Dunleavy
Published: October 15, 2025
Former FBI Director James Comey, who was recently indicted for allegedly lying to Congress when he denied authorizing bureau leaks to the media, is being represented by Patrick Fitzgerald – whose connection to the leak ordeal dates back to when Comey was fired from his post in 2017, then leaked his so-called Comey Memos to the press to prompt the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Fitzgerald, also a former U.S. attorney, was one of Comey’s lawyers after President Donald Trump fired him in May 2017. Shortly after he was fired, Comey sent Fitzgerald copies of his memorializations of private conversations he had with Trump, then Fitzgerald forwarded copies of those memos to Daniel Richman, a longtime friend of Comey’s who was also serving as one of Comey’s lawyers at the time.
Comey also texted Richman a copy of one of his memos, and at Comey’s direction, Richman leaked the contents of one to the New York Times for the purpose of sparking the appointment of a Justice Department special counsel to carry on the Trump-Russia investigation. Then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein selected Mueller shortly thereafter.
Richman, also a former DOJ official and now a Columbia University law professor, was assisting Comey and the FBI during the 2016 election, and is believed to be the person whom the Trump Justice Department is alleging in its indictment that Comey authorized to leak to the press.
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