Comey's Go Between Guy

Daniel C. Richman is the Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Richman is a former federal prosecutor who served as chief appellate attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and has served as a consultant to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury on federal criminal matters. Richman was the Brendan Moore Professor in Advocacy at Fordham Law School before joining Columbia Law School’s faculty. In 2004, Richman was appointed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as chairman of the Local Conditional Release Commission. He is currently an adviser to FBI Director James B. Comey. Richman's scholarly writings include more than 30 law review articles. He has offered testimony as an expert in a number of congressional hearings, and state, federal, and international criminal and civil matters.

Meet Daniel Richman, the Columbia professor who helped Comey leak his memos

One of the strangest moments in the James Comey hearing came when he cryptically confirmed asking a close friend to leak a memo about his dealings with Trump to the press. Comey didn’t name him, but he was referring to Daniel C. Richman, a professor at Columbia University’s Law School best known as an adviser to Comey.

Daniel C. Richman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

During his Congressional testimony today, former FBI Director James Comey said that he instructed a friend to leak a memo to a reporter in order to prompt a special counsel appointment. This was a memo that alleged that Donald Trump had asked Comey in a meeting to let the Michael Flynn investigation go.