No. It is not a new policy. It is a long established one. Comey violated it multiple times, the most stark example being announcing they were reopening an investigation on Hilary Clinton shortly before Election Day, and then closing it again. Comey departed from usual procedures in many ways.
Yes, and Wray and/or his subordinates continued to violate it after Trump fired Comey for his treatment of Hillary upon the recommendation of the acting Attorney General. He did that in an attempt to not look bad for doing nothing about all of Hillary's crimes. It didn't work. It only made him look worse to list her crimes and them make lame excuses for not prosecuting them.
When the written policy says one thing, but the actions of both leader and rank and file are completely different, it is the actions that tell us the policy, not what is public. Since 2016, the FBI actual policy has been to put out as much damaging information on Trump as possible, but to never indict, thus depriving him of a day in court to subpoena witness and have discovery of evidence.
I'm guessing that Schiff's constant repetition of the claim that he "has seen more than circumstantial evidence" of Trump colluding with Russia is based on something the FBI showed him, something faked or altered in some way. Either that, or Schiff is just outright lying.
Which do you think it is?
They leaked like a sieve during the long years of Operation Crossfire-Hurricane and the other "investigations" that were part of the unofficial Operation Get Trump that is ongoing today. They selectively leaked information that harmed Trump, or helped the FBI not look bad, but somehow managed to keep all information harmful to Democrats hidden.
Skylar showed us two paragraphs from a letter that was leaked to CNN just this weak. It is a self-serving document meant to give the FBI's excuse for not releasing the form without having to do it officially.
You want them to make public a report that is completely unverified so it can …what? Feed the political machine and become the latest conspiracy theory? Investigations are not done in the court of public opinion, but that is precisely what you guys want. You want unsubstantiated rumor ahead of any actual findings, because it can then be used politically. The desire for it is political.
The report belongs to the public. It was completed by a government employee, on government time, using government equipment. Absent a very good reason, like it being legitimately classified, it should be released. That is transparency.
How else will we judge whether our law enforcement agencies are fulfilling their duty to investigate crimes? Just trust them? 911 calls are available under FOIA, whether the claims in them are proven or not. There is no reason why that form should not be also.
Should unverified claims be released to the public?
Look at the reputational damage done by leaks over the years.
Yes, all the leaks being in favor of the Democrats or the agencies doing the leaking. If there was a way for there to be no more leaks, you would have a point. But, by arguing in favor of the status quo, you argue in favor of one-way leaks continuing.