{"id":2572947,"date":"2026-02-24T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-leaked-for-comey-writes-guest-essay-in-nyt-decrying-epstein-document-release\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:11:57","slug":"man-who-leaked-for-comey-writes-guest-essay-in-nyt-decrying-epstein-document-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-leaked-for-comey-writes-guest-essay-in-nyt-decrying-epstein-document-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Leaked for Comey Writes Guest Essay in NYT Decrying Epstein Document Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-leaked-for-comey-writes-guest-essay-in-nyt-decrying-epstein-document-release%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2572947&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece centers on Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor who is now a columbia Law School professor. It notes that Richman previously acted as a leaker for james Comey, providing Comey\u2019s notes to The New York Times and helping to spark the investigation into Russiagate, a fact the Times did not emphasize in his favor due to potential conflicts of interest. Richman later wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-one-year-in-trump-has-already-decimated-dcs-failed-status-quo-65\/\" title=\"Just One Year In, Trump Has Already Decimated DC&#039;s Failed Status Quo\">opinion column arguing<\/a> that epstein\u2019s documents should not be released, framing the issue as a matter of accountability and institutional integrity while warning that releasing millions of pages could be problematic.<\/p>\n<p>The article argues that Richman\u2019s stance is hypocritical, given his past role in leaks that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >influenced high-profile investigations<\/a> and his current critique of government-document disclosures. It highlights supporting points from Richman\u2019s piece, such as concerns about how raw investigative material could harm victims and the importance of redactions. The essay also notes that Democrats had pressed for the Epstein files to be released quickly, and it suggests that political incentives may have shaped both the release and the surrounding debate.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the piece references a court ruling finding that using prior searches of Richman\u2019s data to pursue a case against Comey violated the Fourth Amendment, underscoring a tension between accountability and civil liberties. the author portrays Richman as selectively invoking accountability, arguing that the Epstein documents should have been released\u2014but with careful handling\u2014while critiquing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-donald-trump-is-backing-jim-jordan-for-speaker-over-steve-scalise\/\" title=\"Donald Trump supports Jim Jordan for Speaker instead of Steve Scalise.\">broader political dynamics<\/a> at play.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Richman was, once upon a time, a federal prosecutor. The New York Times saw fit to point this out when he published an opinion piece by him on Monday, along with the fact that he is currently a Columbia University law professor.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Richman was also, once upon a time, a leaker for James Comey. In fact, he leaked notes that Comey took during his time as FBI director under Donald Trump&rsquo;s first administration to The New York Times, effectively kickstarting the special counsel investigation into Russiagate that went nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times did <em>not<\/em> point this out. One can easily guess why: Not just because it&rsquo;s a conflict of interest, but because he&rsquo;s now arguing against putting government documents out into the public square for reasons one can easily guess at.<\/p>\n<p>Richman&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/23\/opinion\/epstein-files-justice-department.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> is titled &ldquo;The Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released.&rdquo; His argument is effectively in the title, noting that while vague talk about &ldquo;accountability for people in power&rdquo; may make it &ldquo;hard to see a downside&rdquo; to the Jeffrey Epstein document release, &ldquo;the release of millions of pages of the Epstein files&rdquo; are both &ldquo;a sign of institutional failure and a cause for concern.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, the particulars of the argument are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollsters-that-were-dead-on-in-last-2-elections-drop-2024-update-kamala-harris-should-be-terrified\/\" title=\"Pollsters That Were Dead-On in Last 2 Elections Drop 2024 Update, Kamala Harris Should Be Terrified\">worth noting &#038;mdash<\/a>; especially these paragraphs:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Calls for the Epstein files&rsquo; release predate the Trump administration. But they are now online and searchable because too many Americans didn&rsquo;t trust the Justice Department&rsquo;s leadership with control of them. In the past, departmental leaders could limit suspicions about their motives by conspicuously leaving a matter such as this to career subordinates, rather than political appointees. Seen by so many as having fired or driven outprosecutors and agents who refused to become tools of President Trump&rsquo;s will, Attorney General Pam Bondi lacked credibility. She couldn&rsquo;t get away with asking the public to rely on the apolitical and independent judgment of those who remained. The eventual result was the Epstein Files Transparency Act.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The release of the files is also cause for concern because so much of the raw investigative material in them &mdash; untold layers of hearsay, unverified accusations and vague circumstantial connections &mdash; ought not be released for the public to pick over.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We don&rsquo;t know the degree to which the Justice Department has appropriately or inappropriately withheld or redacted documents. We do know that any effort to protect victims was woefully inadequate, as explicit photos and identifying information of many women, and possibly girls, have been found in the files. The government&rsquo;s obligation not to revictimize people ought to be one of its highest priorities. Here, it failed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth pointing that we&rsquo;re now under the third administration where the Epstein documents were available to the Department of Justice to release &mdash; Trump 45, Biden, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obama-comes-clean-missing-trump-inauguration-vain-imagine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump 47<\/a> &mdash; but it&rsquo;s a few paragraphs later that we (ever so briefly) touch upon the reason that Richman is so concerned about the Epstein document dumps.<\/p>\n<p>You see, it seems Richman is concerned when it comes to &ldquo;coercive investigative tools&rdquo; that &ldquo;can and have been misused, as when prosecutors and FBI agents illegally rummaged through my s and computer files in an effort to come up with a case against James Comey, the former FBI director.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n<p>This links to a ruling, partially redacted, in which a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-asian-discrimination-appeal-harvard-talks-out-of-both-sides-of-its-mouth\/\" title=\"In Asian Discrimination Appeal, Harvard Talks out of Both Sides of Its Mouth\">district court found<\/a>, in December, that using prior searches of Richman&rsquo;s information to make a case against Comey for mishandling government information was a violation of the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently &ldquo;accountability for people in power&rdquo; only goes so far, especially when he&rsquo;s the one who wields the power. It&rsquo;s not as if there wasn&rsquo;t a good reason to go through these documents, mind you, because Richman was effectively the leaker that Comey used to push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schiff-endorses-fellow-russiagate-hoaxer-swalwell-ca-gov-gets-roasted-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Russiagate hoax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/james-comeys-friend-leaker-daniel-richman\/story?id=48017978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, from June of 2017, reported the following after Comey testified before Congress:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, Comey said he wanted to get a record of his meetings with President Donald Trump &ldquo;out into the public square&rdquo; so he decided to ask a friend to  the content of his memo with a reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t do it myself, for a variety of reasons. But I asked him to, because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. And so I asked a close friend of mine to do it,&rdquo; Comey told Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Collins asked who that was, and he responded, without providing a name, &ldquo;A good friend of mine who&rsquo;s a professor at Columbia Law School.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Richman, an adviser to Comey, confirmed to ABC News that he was the friend Comey was referring to during his testimony.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the December <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/district-of-columbia\/dcdce\/1:2025mc00170\/287269\/21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a> in his court case, the memo Richman leaked &ldquo;stated that President Trump had asked Mr. Comey to drop a federal investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And here&rsquo;s Comey talking with Richman in February of 2020 about how he &ldquo;took some steps&rdquo; that might hasten the appointment of a special counsel &ldquo;that involved you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is James Comey in February 2020 talking to his friend Daniel Richman.<\/p>\n<p>Comey said that Daniel Richman&rsquo;s leaks (on Comey&rsquo;s behalf) hastened the appointment of a special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today and a corrupt democrat operative in a robe ruled that evidence linked to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iX0T1lPFvt\">pic.twitter.com\/iX0T1lPFvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Researcher (@listen_2learn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/listen_2learn\/status\/1999302503268323344?\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How &rsquo;bout that.<\/p>\n<p>Now, is there a one-to-one analogue here? Not quite enough of one for this to come across as clearly hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s only now that it&rsquo;s clear the Epstein document drop not only won&rsquo;t implicate Donald Trump, but has stuck Democrats and deep staters quite a bit deeper in the scandal than they were before, that Democrats are suddenly appalled at it. Yet they were effectively the force behind not only passing the legislation that required the document drop, but also requiring it in an accelerated timespan.<\/p>\n<p>Who would have ever guessed that this would have led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tried-protect-nearly-100-victims-beg-judges-take-epstein-docs-offline-lives-wrecked-dems-fast-track-publication-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to under-redactions<\/a> and innocent people getting smeared? (I mean, aside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/epstein-docs-real-justified-reason-gop-wont-give-dem-demands-immediate-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from us here at The Western Journal<\/a>, along with every sane person who knew that three million documents could not be effectively redacted in such a short period.)<\/p>\n<p>And yet, the impulse is not a bad one; contra Mr. Richman, the Epstein documents&nbsp;<em>should<\/em> have been released, albeit at a reasonable pace and with suitable redactions. This could have been done any time since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ghislaine-maxwell-reveals-thinks-epstein-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein&rsquo;s death<\/a> in 2019, and should have been accomplished at least some point in the Biden years. But that wasn&rsquo;t what the Democrats were pushing for back then, because it wasn&rsquo;t that important. Getting dirt on Trump was.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it&rsquo;s difficult to see a limiting principle to Richman&rsquo;s argument when you consider his selective leaks on behalf of a former FBI director who openly admits he wanted a special counsel, aside from this: Us knowing stuff that benefits his side is good. 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He also previously acted as a leaker for James Comey, providing notes Comey took during his time as FBI director to The New York Times, a move that helped spur the Russia-related investigation. The Times didn\u2019t mention this past leak, likely because it would create a conflict of interest since Richman now argues against making government documents public.<\/p>\n<p>Richman\u2019s column is titled The Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released. In essence, he argues that even though there\u2019s talk of holding people in power to account, releasing millions of Epstein-related documents would symbolize a breakdown in institutions and raise serious concerns. The article\u2019s specifics\u2014some embedded content and technical details about how the page loads a video widget and monitors when a paragraph becomes visible\u2014are there as part of the piece\u2019s web presentation rather than its core argument.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that Epstein files were accessible before the Trump administration, but became searchable online because many Americans distrusted the Justice Department\u2019s leadership enough to allow their release. It criticizes former Attorney General Pam Bondi\u2019s credibility, suggesting she couldn\u2019t credibly urge an apolitical, independent review when many internal figures were perceived as being political appointees. The author says the release of the files exposed substantial raw material\u2014hearsay, unverified accusations, and vague connections\u2014that shouldn\u2019t be handed to the public for unfiltered scrutiny. There\u2019s uncertainty about how thoroughly documents were properly withheld or redacted, and the piece argues the government failed to protect victims, noting explicit material that could retraumatize people.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative stresses that the Epstein documents\u2019 availability spans three administrations (Trump\u2019s, Biden\u2019s, and Trump\u2019s again), yet Richman\u2019s concern about coercive investigative tools remains, pointing to a court ruling\u2014partially redacted\u2014finding that using prior searches of Richman\u2019s data to build a case against Comey violated the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The author suggests that there\u2019s not a clean one-to-one parallel here, but the Epstein document release ultimately undermines Democrats\u2019 claims of risk to Trump while implicating insiders more deeply. The piece argues the documents should have been released, but at a reasonable pace with proper redactions. It contends Democrats pressured for accelerated disclosure to damage Trump, whereas Richman\u2019s stance exposes a double standard: he benefits from selective leaks when they favor his side, but condemns them when they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the author casts Richman as hypocritical\u2014defending leaks when they help his allies while opposing broad disclosures that might implicate people he supports\u2014and argues that, despite valid concerns about overreach and harm to victims, the Epstein files should have been released responsibly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23264,9006,15823],"class_list":["post-2572947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-comey","tag-epstein","tag-nyt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572950,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572947\/revisions\/2572950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}