Ex-FBI chief and Trump critic James Comey hit with fresh charges

WASHINGTON: Former FBI director James Comey has been charged with allegedly leaking national defense information, the third criminal case brought against the outspoken critic of US President Donald Trump. In a criminal complaint unsealed on Monday, Comey is accused of communicating the information in October 2016, when he was head of the FBI, to a “person not entitled to receive it.” Comey was charged in September of last year with making false statements to Congress but a federal judge throw

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