Secrets the FBI Shouldn’t Keep. Yes, you read right, Comey was being investigated for violating the Hatch Act and the FBI kept it from Congress.
In November 2016, the Office of Special Counsel—a federal agency that polices personnel practices and is distinct from the Mueller probe—began investigating whether former FBI Director Jim Comey violated the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity by executive-branch officials, while investigating Hillary Clinton’s private server. T
